#B5AC38#B5AC38

#B5AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC38
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -10.47, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 58.91, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0344 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.134 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5238, 39.6156, 9.5686)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC38 #3841B5

analogous

#B56E38 #B5AC38 #80B538

triadic

#B5AC38 #38B5AC #AC38B5

tetradic

#B5AC38 #38B56E #3841B5 #B53880

square

#B5AC38 #38B56E #3841B5 #B53880

split-complementary

#B5AC38 #3880B5 #6E38B5

monochromatic

#58531B #86802A #B5AC38 #CDC55D #DBD68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B5AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC38

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC38	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec476',
    500: '#b5ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac38;
$custom-light: #cec476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC38

secondary

#8388C6

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC38

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

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