#B5AB33#B5AB33

#B5AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB33
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -10.21, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 60.45, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0342 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2179, 39.1899, 8.8933)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB33 #333DB5

analogous

#B56A33 #B5AB33 #7EB533

triadic

#B5AB33 #33B5AB #AB33B5

tetradic

#B5AB33 #33B56A #333DB5 #B5337E

square

#B5AB33 #33B56A #333DB5 #B5337E

split-complementary

#B5AB33 #337EB5 #6A33B5

monochromatic

#565118 #857E26 #B5AB33 #CFC656 #DDD686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B5AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB33

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB33	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)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc373',
    500: '#b5ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab33;
$custom-light: #cfc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB33

secondary

#7D83C6

accent

#54DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB33

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

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