#B5AB3A#B5AB3A

#B5AB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB3A
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -9.84, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 57.75, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0324 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3841, 39.2564, 9.7682)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB3A #3A44B5

analogous

#B56E3A #B5AB3A #82B53A

triadic

#B5AB3A #3AB5AB #AB3AB5

tetradic

#B5AB3A #3AB56E #3A44B5 #B53A82

square

#B5AB3A #3AB56E #3A44B5 #B53A82

split-complementary

#B5AB3A #3A82B5 #6E3AB5

monochromatic

#58531C #877F2B #B5AB3A #CCC360 #DBD58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5AB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B5AB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB3A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB3A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec377',
    500: '#b5ab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab3a;
$custom-light: #cec377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB3A

secondary

#858AC6

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB3A

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

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