#B5AA38#B5AA38

#B5AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA38
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -9.43, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 58.19, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0314 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.132 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1460, 38.8601, 9.4427)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA38 #3843B5

analogous

#B56C38 #B5AA38 #82B538

triadic

#B5AA38 #38B5AA #AA38B5

tetradic

#B5AA38 #38B56C #3843B5 #B53882

square

#B5AA38 #38B56C #3843B5 #B53882

split-complementary

#B5AA38 #3882B5 #6C38B5

monochromatic

#58521B #867E2A #B5AA38 #CDC35D #DBD48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B5AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA38

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec375',
    500: '#b5aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa38;
$custom-light: #cec375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72651,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA38

secondary

#8389C6

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA38

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

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