#B5AC2E#B5AC2E

#B5AC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.140 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC2E
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -10.96, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 62.58, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0368 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3032, 39.5274, 8.4069)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC2E #2E37B5

analogous

#B5692E #B5AC2E #7BB52E

triadic

#B5AC2E #2EB5AC #AC2EB5

tetradic

#B5AC2E #2EB569 #2E37B5 #B52E7B

square

#B5AC2E #2EB569 #2E37B5 #B52E7B

split-complementary

#B5AC2E #2E7BB5 #692EB5

monochromatic

#534F15 #847E22 #B5AC2E #D2C94E #DED87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B5AC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC2E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC2E	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc470',
    500: '#b5ac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac2e;
$custom-light: #cfc470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC2E

secondary

#787DC7

accent

#50E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC2E

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

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