#B5AB38#B5AB38

#B5AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB38
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -9.95, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 58.55, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0329 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3342, 39.2364, 9.5054)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB38 #3842B5

analogous

#B56D38 #B5AB38 #81B538

triadic

#B5AB38 #38B5AB #AB38B5

tetradic

#B5AB38 #38B56D #3842B5 #B53881

square

#B5AB38 #38B56D #3842B5 #B53881

split-complementary

#B5AB38 #3881B5 #6D38B5

monochromatic

#58531B #867F2A #B5AB38 #CDC45D #DBD58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B5AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB38

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB38	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec375',
    500: '#b5ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab38;
$custom-light: #cec375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72868,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB38

secondary

#8388C6

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB38

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

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