#B5AB2D#B5AB2D

#B5AB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB2D
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -10.48, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 62.58, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0355 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0941, 39.1404, 8.2411)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB2D #2D37B5

analogous

#B5672D #B5AB2D #7BB52D

triadic

#B5AB2D #2DB5AB #AB2DB5

tetradic

#B5AB2D #2DB567 #2D37B5 #B52D7B

square

#B5AB2D #2DB567 #2D37B5 #B52D7B

split-complementary

#B5AB2D #2D7BB5 #672DB5

monochromatic

#534E15 #847D21 #B5AB2D #D3C94D #DFD87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B5AB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB2D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB2D	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc370',
    500: '#b5ab2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab2d;
$custom-light: #cfc370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7279,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB2D

secondary

#767CC7

accent

#50E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB2D

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

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