#B5AB31#B5AB31

#B5AB31 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	#B5AB31
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -10.30, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 61.18, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0346 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1748, 39.1727, 8.6661)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB31 #313BB5

analogous

#B56931 #B5AB31 #7DB531

triadic

#B5AB31 #31B5AB #AB31B5

tetradic

#B5AB31 #31B569 #313BB5 #B5317D

square

#B5AB31 #31B569 #313BB5 #B5317D

split-complementary

#B5AB31 #317DB5 #6931B5

monochromatic

#555017 #857D24 #B5AB31 #D0C753 #DDD783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B5AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB31

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB31	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)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc372',
    500: '#b5ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab31;
$custom-light: #cfc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72816,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB31

secondary

#7B81C7

accent

#53E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB31

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

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