#B5AA34#B5AA34

#B5AA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA34
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -9.64, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 59.73, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0324 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0520, 38.8225, 8.9480)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA34 #343FB5

analogous

#B56934 #B5AA34 #7FB534

triadic

#B5AA34 #34B5AA #AA34B5

tetradic

#B5AA34 #34B569 #343FB5 #B5347F

square

#B5AA34 #34B569 #343FB5 #B5347F

split-complementary

#B5AA34 #347FB5 #6934B5

monochromatic

#565119 #857D26 #B5AA34 #CFC557 #DCD587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B5AA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA34

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA34	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)

#B9A421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc373',
    500: '#b5aa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa34;
$custom-light: #cfc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7262,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA34

secondary

#7F85C6

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA34

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

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