#B5AA39#B5AA39

#B5AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA39
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -9.37, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 57.79, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0312 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.131 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1707, 38.8700, 9.5728)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA39 #3944B5

analogous

#B56C39 #B5AA39 #82B539

triadic

#B5AA39 #39B5AA #AA39B5

tetradic

#B5AA39 #39B56C #3944B5 #B53982

square

#B5AA39 #39B56C #3944B5 #B53982

split-complementary

#B5AA39 #3982B5 #6C39B5

monochromatic

#58531C #867E2A #B5AA39 #CDC35F #DBD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B5AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA39

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA39	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)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec376',
    500: '#b5aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa39;
$custom-light: #cec376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72659,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA39

secondary

#848AC6

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA39

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

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