#B5AC33#B5AC33

#B5AC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC33
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -10.73, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 60.80, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0356 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(34.4075, 39.5691, 8.9565)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC33 #333CB5

analogous

#B56B33 #B5AC33 #7DB533

triadic

#B5AC33 #33B5AC #AC33B5

tetradic

#B5AC33 #33B56B #333CB5 #B5337D

square

#B5AC33 #33B56B #333CB5 #B5337D

split-complementary

#B5AC33 #337DB5 #6B33B5

monochromatic

#565118 #857F26 #B5AC33 #CFC756 #DDD786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B5AC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC33

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC33	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)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc473',
    500: '#b5ac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac33;
$custom-light: #cfc473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.39568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC33

secondary

#7D82C6

accent

#53DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC33

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

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