#B5AA3E#B5AA3E

#B5AA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA3E
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -9.08, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 55.75, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0298 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.128 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3016, 38.9223, 10.2624)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA3E #3E49B5

analogous

#B56F3E #B5AA3E #84B53E

triadic

#B5AA3E #3EB5AA #AA3EB5

tetradic

#B5AA3E #3EB56F #3E49B5 #B53E84

square

#B5AA3E #3EB56F #3E49B5 #B53E84

split-complementary

#B5AA3E #3E84B5 #6F3EB5

monochromatic

#5A541F #877F2E #B5AA3E #CAC166 #DAD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B5AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA3E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA3E	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)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec379',
    500: '#b5aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa3e;
$custom-light: #cec379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA3E

secondary

#898FC5

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA3E

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

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