#B5AA3A#B5AA3A

#B5AA3A 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 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA3A
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -9.32, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 57.39, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0309 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.131 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1959, 38.8800, 9.7055)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA3A #3A45B5

analogous

#B56D3A #B5AA3A #83B53A

triadic

#B5AA3A #3AB5AA #AA3AB5

tetradic

#B5AA3A #3AB56D #3A45B5 #B53A83

square

#B5AA3A #3AB56D #3A45B5 #B53A83

split-complementary

#B5AA3A #3A83B5 #6D3AB5

monochromatic

#58531C #877E2B #B5AA3A #CCC260 #DBD48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B5AA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA3A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA3A	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec377',
    500: '#b5aa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa3a;
$custom-light: #cec377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72667,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA3A

secondary

#858BC6

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA3A

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

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