#B5AB2B#B5AB2B

#B5AB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB2B
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -10.57, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 63.25, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0359 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.141 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0565, 39.1254, 8.0431)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB2B #2B35B5

analogous

#B5662B #B5AB2B #7AB52B

triadic

#B5AB2B #2BB5AB #AB2BB5

tetradic

#B5AB2B #2BB566 #2B35B5 #B52B7A

square

#B5AB2B #2BB566 #2B35B5 #B52B7A

split-complementary

#B5AB2B #2B7AB5 #662BB5

monochromatic

#524E14 #847C1F #B5AB2B #D4CA49 #E0D87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B5AB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB2B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB2B	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)

#BBA50D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc36f',
    500: '#b5ab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab2b;
$custom-light: #cfc36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72778,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB2B

secondary

#747AC8

accent

#4FE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB2B

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

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