#B5AC2D#B5AC2D

#B5AC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC2D
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -11.00, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 62.92, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.037 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2837, 39.5196, 8.3043)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC2D #2D36B5

analogous

#B5682D #B5AC2D #7AB52D

triadic

#B5AC2D #2DB5AC #AC2DB5

tetradic

#B5AC2D #2DB568 #2D36B5 #B52D7A

square

#B5AC2D #2DB568 #2D36B5 #B52D7A

split-complementary

#B5AC2D #2D7AB5 #682DB5

monochromatic

#534F15 #847D21 #B5AC2D #D3CA4D #DFD87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B5AC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC2D

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC2D	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)

#BBA612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc470',
    500: '#b5ac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac2d;
$custom-light: #cfc470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC2D

secondary

#767CC7

accent

#4FE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC2D

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

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