#B5AA40#B5AA40

#B5AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA40
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -8.96, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 54.91, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0292 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3575, 38.9447, 10.5568)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA40 #404BB5

analogous

#B56F40 #B5AA40 #85B540

triadic

#B5AA40 #40B5AA #AA40B5

tetradic

#B5AA40 #40B56F #404BB5 #B54085

square

#B5AA40 #40B56F #404BB5 #B54085

split-complementary

#B5AA40 #4085B5 #6F40B5

monochromatic

#5B5520 #888030 #B5AA40 #CAC168 #DAD396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B5AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA40

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA40	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)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37a',
    500: '#b5aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa40;
$custom-light: #cec37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72719,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA40

secondary

#8B91C5

accent

#5DD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA40

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

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