#B5AA35#B5AA35

#B5AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA35
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -9.58, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 59.35, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0322 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0748, 38.8316, 9.0678)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA35 #3540B5

analogous

#B56A35 #B5AA35 #80B535

triadic

#B5AA35 #35B5AA #AA35B5

tetradic

#B5AA35 #35B56A #3540B5 #B53580

square

#B5AA35 #35B56A #3540B5 #B53580

split-complementary

#B5AA35 #3580B5 #6A35B5

monochromatic

#565119 #867E27 #B5AA35 #CEC459 #DCD588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B5AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA35

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA35	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc374',
    500: '#b5aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa35;
$custom-light: #cfc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72628,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA35

secondary

#8086C6

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA35

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

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