#B5AB44#B5AB44

#B5AB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB44
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -9.22, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 53.56, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0295 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6636, 39.3682, 11.2406)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB44 #444EB5

analogous

#B57344 #B5AB44 #87B544

triadic

#B5AB44 #44B5AB #AB44B5

tetradic

#B5AB44 #44B573 #444EB5 #B54487

square

#B5AB44 #44B573 #444EB5 #B54487

split-complementary

#B5AB44 #4487B5 #7344B5

monochromatic

#5C5723 #898133 #B5AB44 #C8C06E #D9D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5AB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B5AB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB44

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB44	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)

#B9A638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37c',
    500: '#b5ab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab44;
$custom-light: #cec37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72973,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB44

secondary

#9094C5

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB44

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

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