#B5AB34#B5AB34

#B5AB34 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	#B5AB34
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -10.16, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 60.08, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0339 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2402, 39.1988, 9.0107)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB34 #343EB5

analogous

#B56A34 #B5AB34 #7EB534

triadic

#B5AB34 #34B5AB #AB34B5

tetradic

#B5AB34 #34B56A #343EB5 #B5347E

square

#B5AB34 #34B56A #343EB5 #B5347E

split-complementary

#B5AB34 #347EB5 #6A34B5

monochromatic

#565119 #857E26 #B5AB34 #CFC657 #DCD687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B5AB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB34

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB34	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)

#BAA520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc373',
    500: '#b5ab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab34;
$custom-light: #cfc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB34

secondary

#7F84C6

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB34

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

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