#B5AB35#B5AB35

#B5AB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB35
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -10.11, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 59.70, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0337 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2630, 39.2080, 9.1306)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB35 #353FB5

analogous

#B56B35 #B5AB35 #7FB535

triadic

#B5AB35 #35B5AB #AB35B5

tetradic

#B5AB35 #35B56B #353FB5 #B5357F

square

#B5AB35 #35B56B #353FB5 #B5357F

split-complementary

#B5AB35 #357FB5 #6B35B5

monochromatic

#565219 #867E27 #B5AB35 #CEC559 #DCD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B5AB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB35

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB35	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)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc374',
    500: '#b5ab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab35;
$custom-light: #cfc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB35

secondary

#8085C6

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB35

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

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