#B5AB41#B5AB41

#B5AB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB41
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -9.42, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 54.86, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0304 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5744, 39.3325, 10.7707)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB41 #414BB5

analogous

#B57141 #B5AB41 #85B541

triadic

#B5AB41 #41B5AB #AB41B5

tetradic

#B5AB41 #41B571 #414BB5 #B54185

square

#B5AB41 #41B571 #414BB5 #B54185

split-complementary

#B5AB41 #4185B5 #7141B5

monochromatic

#5B5621 #888031 #B5AB41 #C9C16A #DAD497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5AB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B5AB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB41

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB41	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37b',
    500: '#b5ab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab41;
$custom-light: #cec37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB41

secondary

#8C91C5

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB41

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

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