#B5AA31#B5AA31

#B5AA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA31
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -9.78, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 60.84, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0332 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(33.9866, 38.7963, 8.6033)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA31 #313CB5

analogous

#B56831 #B5AA31 #7EB531

triadic

#B5AA31 #31B5AA #AA31B5

tetradic

#B5AA31 #31B568 #313CB5 #B5317E

square

#B5AA31 #31B568 #313CB5 #B5317E

split-complementary

#B5AA31 #317EB5 #6831B5

monochromatic

#555017 #857D24 #B5AA31 #D0C653 #DDD683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B5AA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA31

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA31	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)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc372',
    500: '#b5aa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa31;
$custom-light: #cfc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA31

secondary

#7B81C7

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA31

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

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