#B5AA37#B5AA37

#B5AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA37
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -9.48, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 58.58, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0317 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1218, 38.8504, 9.3152)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA37 #3742B5

analogous

#B56B37 #B5AA37 #81B537

triadic

#B5AA37 #37B5AA #AA37B5

tetradic

#B5AA37 #37B56B #3742B5 #B53781

square

#B5AA37 #37B56B #3742B5 #B53781

split-complementary

#B5AA37 #3781B5 #6B37B5

monochromatic

#57521A #867E29 #B5AA37 #CDC35C #DCD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B5AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA37

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA37	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc375',
    500: '#b5aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa37;
$custom-light: #cfc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA37

secondary

#8288C6

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA37

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

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