#B5AB49#B5AB49

#B5AB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.120 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB49
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -8.87, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 51.33, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0279 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.12 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8228, 39.4319, 12.0788)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB49 #4953B5

analogous

#B57549 #B5AB49 #89B549

triadic

#B5AB49 #49B5AB #AB49B5

tetradic

#B5AB49 #49B575 #4953B5 #B54989

square

#B5AB49 #49B575 #4953B5 #B54989

split-complementary

#B5AB49 #4989B5 #7549B5

monochromatic

#5E5926 #898237 #B5AB49 #C7BF74 #D9D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B5AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB49

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB49	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.120 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec37f',
    500: '#b5ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab49;
$custom-light: #cec37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73025,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB49

secondary

#9499C5

accent

#61D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB49

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

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