#B5AA2E#B5AA2E

#B5AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA2E
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -9.92, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 61.90, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0338 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9254, 38.7718, 8.2809)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA2E #2E39B5

analogous

#B5672E #B5AA2E #7DB52E

triadic

#B5AA2E #2EB5AA #AA2EB5

tetradic

#B5AA2E #2EB567 #2E39B5 #B52E7D

square

#B5AA2E #2EB567 #2E39B5 #B52E7D

split-complementary

#B5AA2E #2E7DB5 #672EB5

monochromatic

#534E15 #847C22 #B5AA2E #D2C74E #DED77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B5AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA2E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA2E	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)

#B9A415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc270',
    500: '#b5aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa2e;
$custom-light: #cfc270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72579,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA2E

secondary

#787EC7

accent

#52E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA2E

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

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