#B5AB2A#B5AB2A

#B5AB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.142 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB2A
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -10.61, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 63.58, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0361 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.142 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0384, 39.1181, 7.9476)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB2A #2A34B5

analogous

#B5652A #B5AB2A #79B52A

triadic

#B5AB2A #2AB5AB #AB2AB5

tetradic

#B5AB2A #2AB565 #2A34B5 #B52A79

square

#B5AB2A #2AB565 #2A34B5 #B52A79

split-complementary

#B5AB2A #2A79B5 #652AB5

monochromatic

#524D13 #837C1E #B5AB2A #D4CA48 #E0D979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B5AB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB2A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB2A	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA50A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.142 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc36e',
    500: '#b5ab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab2a;
$custom-light: #cfc36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB2A

secondary

#7379C8

accent

#4EE542

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB2A

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

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