#B5AA49#B5AA49

#B5AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA49
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -8.35, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 50.95, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0265 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.119 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6346, 39.0555, 12.0161)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA49 #4954B5

analogous

#B57449 #B5AA49 #8AB549

triadic

#B5AA49 #49B5AA #AA49B5

tetradic

#B5AA49 #49B574 #4954B5 #B5498A

square

#B5AA49 #49B574 #4954B5 #B5498A

split-complementary

#B5AA49 #498AB5 #7449B5

monochromatic

#5E5826 #898137 #B5AA49 #C7BF74 #D9D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B5AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA49

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA49	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37f',
    500: '#b5aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa49;
$custom-light: #cec37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA49

secondary

#9499C5

accent

#62D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA49

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

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