#B5AC32#B5AC32

#B5AC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC32
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -10.78, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 61.17, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0359 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3857, 39.5604, 8.8416)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC32 #323BB5

analogous

#B56B32 #B5AC32 #7CB532

triadic

#B5AC32 #32B5AC #AC32B5

tetradic

#B5AC32 #32B56B #323BB5 #B5327C

square

#B5AC32 #32B56B #323BB5 #B5327C

split-complementary

#B5AC32 #327CB5 #6B32B5

monochromatic

#555118 #857E25 #B5AC32 #D0C754 #DDD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B5AC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC32

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC32	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)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc472',
    500: '#b5ac32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac32;
$custom-light: #cfc472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC32

secondary

#7C81C7

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC32

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

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