#B5AB46#B5AB46

#B5AB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.122 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB46
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -9.09, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 52.68, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0289 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.122 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7257, 39.3930, 11.5676)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB46 #4650B5

analogous

#B57446 #B5AB46 #88B546

triadic

#B5AB46 #46B5AB #AB46B5

tetradic

#B5AB46 #46B574 #4650B5 #B54688

square

#B5AB46 #46B574 #4650B5 #B54688

split-complementary

#B5AB46 #4688B5 #7446B5

monochromatic

#5D5824 #898135 #B5AB46 #C8C070 #D9D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5AB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B5AB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB46

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB46	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.122 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37e',
    500: '#b5ab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab46;
$custom-light: #cec37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72993,
    "c": 0.12233,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB46

secondary

#9296C5

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB46

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

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