#B5AC35#B5AC35

#B5AC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC35
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -10.63, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 60.06, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0351 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(34.4526, 39.5872, 9.1938)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC35 #353EB5

analogous

#B56C35 #B5AC35 #7EB535

triadic

#B5AC35 #35B5AC #AC35B5

tetradic

#B5AC35 #35B56C #353EB5 #B5357E

square

#B5AC35 #35B56C #353EB5 #B5357E

split-complementary

#B5AC35 #357EB5 #6C35B5

monochromatic

#565219 #867F27 #B5AC35 #CEC659 #DCD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B5AC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC35

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC35	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc474',
    500: '#b5ac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac35;
$custom-light: #cfc474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.39586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC35

secondary

#8085C6

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC35

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

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