#B5AB30#B5AB30

#B5AB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB30
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -10.35, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 61.54, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0349 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1539, 39.1643, 8.5562)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB30 #303AB5

analogous

#B56930 #B5AB30 #7CB530

triadic

#B5AB30 #30B5AB #AB30B5

tetradic

#B5AB30 #30B569 #303AB5 #B5307C

square

#B5AB30 #30B569 #303AB5 #B5307C

split-complementary

#B5AB30 #307CB5 #6930B5

monochromatic

#545016 #857D23 #B5AB30 #D1C751 #DED782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B5AB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB30

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB30	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)

#BAA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc371',
    500: '#b5ab30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab30;
$custom-light: #cfc371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB30

secondary

#7A80C7

accent

#52E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB30

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

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