#B5AA36#B5AA36

#B5AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.134 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA36
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -9.53, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 58.97, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0319 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.134 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0981, 38.8409, 9.1902)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA36 #3641B5

analogous

#B56A36 #B5AA36 #80B536

triadic

#B5AA36 #36B5AA #AA36B5

tetradic

#B5AA36 #36B56A #3641B5 #B53680

square

#B5AA36 #36B56A #3641B5 #B53680

split-complementary

#B5AA36 #3680B5 #6A36B5

monochromatic

#57511A #867E28 #B5AA36 #CEC45A #DCD589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B5AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA36

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA36	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)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.134 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc374',
    500: '#b5aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa36;
$custom-light: #cfc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA36

secondary

#8187C6

accent

#57DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA36

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

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