#B5AC36#B5AC36

#B5AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC36
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -10.58, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 59.68, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0349 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4758, 39.5965, 9.3162)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC36 #363FB5

analogous

#B56C36 #B5AC36 #7EB536

triadic

#B5AC36 #36B5AC #AC36B5

tetradic

#B5AC36 #36B56C #363FB5 #B5367E

square

#B5AC36 #36B56C #363FB5 #B5367E

split-complementary

#B5AC36 #367EB5 #6C36B5

monochromatic

#57521A #867F28 #B5AC36 #CEC65A #DCD689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B5AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC36

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC36	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)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc474',
    500: '#b5ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac36;
$custom-light: #cfc474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC36

secondary

#8186C6

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC36

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

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