#B5AA2D#B5AA2D

#B5AA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA2D
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -9.96, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 62.24, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0341 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9059, 38.7641, 8.1783)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA2D #2D38B5

analogous

#B5662D #B5AA2D #7CB52D

triadic

#B5AA2D #2DB5AA #AA2DB5

tetradic

#B5AA2D #2DB566 #2D38B5 #B52D7C

square

#B5AA2D #2DB566 #2D38B5 #B52D7C

split-complementary

#B5AA2D #2D7CB5 #662DB5

monochromatic

#534E15 #847C21 #B5AA2D #D3C84D #DFD77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B5AA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA2D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA2D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc270',
    500: '#b5aa2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa2d;
$custom-light: #cfc270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA2D

secondary

#767DC7

accent

#51E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA2D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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