#B5AB2E#B5AB2E

#B5AB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.139 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB2E
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -10.44, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 62.24, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0353 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.139 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1136, 39.1482, 8.3437)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB2E #2E38B5

analogous

#B5682E #B5AB2E #7BB52E

triadic

#B5AB2E #2EB5AB #AB2EB5

tetradic

#B5AB2E #2EB568 #2E38B5 #B52E7B

square

#B5AB2E #2EB568 #2E38B5 #B52E7B

split-complementary

#B5AB2E #2E7BB5 #682EB5

monochromatic

#534F15 #847D22 #B5AB2E #D2C84E #DED77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B5AB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB2E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB2E	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)

#BAA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.139 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc370',
    500: '#b5ab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab2e;
$custom-light: #cfc370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB2E

secondary

#787DC7

accent

#51E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB2E

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

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