#B5AC2B#B5AC2B

#B5AC2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC2B
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -11.09, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 63.59, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0374 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2461, 39.5046, 8.1063)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC2B #2B34B5

analogous

#B5672B #B5AC2B #79B52B

triadic

#B5AC2B #2BB5AC #AC2BB5

tetradic

#B5AC2B #2BB567 #2B34B5 #B52B79

square

#B5AC2B #2BB567 #2B34B5 #B52B79

split-complementary

#B5AC2B #2B79B5 #672BB5

monochromatic

#524E14 #847D1F #B5AC2B #D4CB49 #E0D97B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AC2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B5AC2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC2B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC2B	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)

#BBA60C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc46f',
    500: '#b5ac2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac2b;
$custom-light: #cfc46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72996,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC2B

secondary

#7479C8

accent

#4EE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC2B

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

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