#B5AB40#B5AB40

#B5AB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB40
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -9.48, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 55.28, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0307 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.127 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.5457, 39.3210, 10.6195)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB40 #404AB5

analogous

#B57040 #B5AB40 #84B540

triadic

#B5AB40 #40B5AB #AB40B5

tetradic

#B5AB40 #40B570 #404AB5 #B54084

square

#B5AB40 #40B570 #404AB5 #B54084

split-complementary

#B5AB40 #4084B5 #7040B5

monochromatic

#5B5620 #888030 #B5AB40 #CAC168 #DAD496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5AB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B5AB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB40

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB40	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37a',
    500: '#b5ab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab40;
$custom-light: #cec37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.3932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB40

secondary

#8B90C5

accent

#5CD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB40

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

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