#B5AA32#B5AA32

#B5AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.136 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA32
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -9.73, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 60.47, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0329 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.136 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.0080, 38.8049, 8.7157)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA32 #323DB5

analogous

#B56932 #B5AA32 #7EB532

triadic

#B5AA32 #32B5AA #AA32B5

tetradic

#B5AA32 #32B569 #323DB5 #B5327E

square

#B5AA32 #32B569 #323DB5 #B5327E

split-complementary

#B5AA32 #327EB5 #6932B5

monochromatic

#555018 #857D25 #B5AA32 #D0C554 #DDD684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B5AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA32

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA32	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)

#B9A41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc372',
    500: '#b5aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa32;
$custom-light: #cfc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA32

secondary

#7C82C7

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA32

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

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