#B5AA3F#B5AA3F

#B5AA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA3F
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -9.02, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 55.33, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0295 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.127 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3293, 38.9334, 10.4083)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA3F #3F4AB5

analogous

#B56F3F #B5AA3F #85B53F

triadic

#B5AA3F #3FB5AA #AA3FB5

tetradic

#B5AA3F #3FB56F #3F4AB5 #B53F85

square

#B5AA3F #3FB56F #3F4AB5 #B53F85

split-complementary

#B5AA3F #3F85B5 #6F3FB5

monochromatic

#5A551F #887F2F #B5AA3F #CAC167 #DAD394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B5AA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA3F

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA3F	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec379',
    500: '#b5aa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa3f;
$custom-light: #cec379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7271,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA3F

secondary

#8A90C5

accent

#5DD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA3F

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

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