#B5AA41#B5AA41

#B5AA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA41
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -8.90, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 54.48, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0289 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3862, 38.9562, 10.7080)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA41 #414CB5

analogous

#B57041 #B5AA41 #86B541

triadic

#B5AA41 #41B5AA #AA41B5

tetradic

#B5AA41 #41B570 #414CB5 #B54186

square

#B5AA41 #41B570 #414CB5 #B54186

split-complementary

#B5AA41 #4186B5 #7041B5

monochromatic

#5B5521 #888031 #B5AA41 #C9C06A #DAD397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B5AA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA41

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA41	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)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37b',
    500: '#b5aa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa41;
$custom-light: #cec37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA41

secondary

#8C92C5

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA41

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

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