#B5AA33#B5AA33

#B5AA33 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	#B5AA33
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -9.68, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 60.10, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0327 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.136 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.0298, 38.8136, 8.8306)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA33 #333EB5

analogous

#B56933 #B5AA33 #7FB533

triadic

#B5AA33 #33B5AA #AA33B5

tetradic

#B5AA33 #33B569 #333EB5 #B5337F

square

#B5AA33 #33B569 #333EB5 #B5337F

split-complementary

#B5AA33 #337FB5 #6933B5

monochromatic

#565018 #857D26 #B5AA33 #CFC556 #DDD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B5AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA33

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA33	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.136 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc373',
    500: '#b5aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa33;
$custom-light: #cfc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA33

secondary

#7D84C6

accent

#55DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA33

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

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