#B5AA43#B5AA43

#B5AA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA43
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -8.77, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 53.62, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0283 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4452, 38.9798, 11.0185)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA43 #434EB5

analogous

#B57143 #B5AA43 #87B543

triadic

#B5AA43 #43B5AA #AA43B5

tetradic

#B5AA43 #43B571 #434EB5 #B54387

square

#B5AA43 #43B571 #434EB5 #B54387

split-complementary

#B5AA43 #4387B5 #7143B5

monochromatic

#5C5622 #888032 #B5AA43 #C9C06C #D9D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B5AA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA43

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA43	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37c',
    500: '#b5aa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa43;
$custom-light: #cec37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72748,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA43

secondary

#8F94C5

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA43

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

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