#B5AB36#B5AB36

#B5AB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB36
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -10.05, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 59.32, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0334 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2862, 39.2172, 9.2530)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB36 #3640B5

analogous

#B56B36 #B5AB36 #7FB536

triadic

#B5AB36 #36B5AB #AB36B5

tetradic

#B5AB36 #36B56B #3640B5 #B5367F

square

#B5AB36 #36B56B #3640B5 #B5367F

split-complementary

#B5AB36 #367FB5 #6B36B5

monochromatic

#57521A #867E28 #B5AB36 #CEC55A #DCD589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5AB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B5AB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB36

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB36	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc374',
    500: '#b5ab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab36;
$custom-light: #cfc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB36

secondary

#8186C6

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB36

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

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