#B5AB32#B5AB32

#B5AB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB32
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -10.25, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 60.82, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0344 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1961, 39.1812, 8.7784)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB32 #323CB5

analogous

#B56A32 #B5AB32 #7DB532

triadic

#B5AB32 #32B5AB #AB32B5

tetradic

#B5AB32 #32B56A #323CB5 #B5327D

square

#B5AB32 #32B56A #323CB5 #B5327D

split-complementary

#B5AB32 #327DB5 #6A32B5

monochromatic

#555018 #857E25 #B5AB32 #D0C654 #DDD684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B5AB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB32

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB32	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc372',
    500: '#b5ab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab32;
$custom-light: #cfc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72823,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB32

secondary

#7C82C7

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB32

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

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