#B5AA30#B5AA30

#B5AA30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA30
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -9.83, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 61.20, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0334 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9657, 38.7880, 8.4934)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA30 #303BB5

analogous

#B56830 #B5AA30 #7DB530

triadic

#B5AA30 #30B5AA #AA30B5

tetradic

#B5AA30 #30B568 #303BB5 #B5307D

square

#B5AA30 #30B568 #303BB5 #B5307D

split-complementary

#B5AA30 #307DB5 #6830B5

monochromatic

#544F16 #857D23 #B5AA30 #D1C651 #DED682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B5AA30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA30

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA30	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc371',
    500: '#b5aa30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa30;
$custom-light: #cfc371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA30

secondary

#7A80C7

accent

#53E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA30

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

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