#B5AA44#B5AA44

#B5AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA44
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -8.70, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 53.18, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.028 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.123 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4755, 38.9919, 11.1779)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA44 #444FB5

analogous

#B57244 #B5AA44 #88B544

triadic

#B5AA44 #44B5AA #AA44B5

tetradic

#B5AA44 #44B572 #444FB5 #B54488

square

#B5AA44 #44B572 #444FB5 #B54488

split-complementary

#B5AA44 #4488B5 #7244B5

monochromatic

#5C5623 #898033 #B5AA44 #C8C06E #D9D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B5AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B5AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA44

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA44	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)

#B8A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37c',
    500: '#b5aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa44;
$custom-light: #cec37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72757,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA44

secondary

#9095C5

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA44

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

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