#B5AC2A#B5AC2A

#B5AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC2A
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -11.13, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 63.91, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0376 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2280, 39.4973, 8.0108)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC2A #2A33B5

analogous

#B5662A #B5AC2A #78B52A

triadic

#B5AC2A #2AB5AC #AC2AB5

tetradic

#B5AC2A #2AB566 #2A33B5 #B52A78

square

#B5AC2A #2AB566 #2A33B5 #B52A78

split-complementary

#B5AC2A #2A78B5 #662AB5

monochromatic

#524E13 #837D1E #B5AC2A #D4CB48 #E0D979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B5AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC2A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC2A	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc46e',
    500: '#b5ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac2a;
$custom-light: #cfc46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7299,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC2A

secondary

#7378C8

accent

#4DE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC2A

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

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