#B5AC3A#B5AC3A

#B5AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC3A
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -10.36, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 58.12, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0339 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.133 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5737, 39.6356, 9.8314)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC3A #3A43B5

analogous

#B56F3A #B5AC3A #81B53A

triadic

#B5AC3A #3AB5AC #AC3AB5

tetradic

#B5AC3A #3AB56F #3A43B5 #B53A81

square

#B5AC3A #3AB56F #3A43B5 #B53A81

split-complementary

#B5AC3A #3A81B5 #6F3AB5

monochromatic

#58541C #87802B #B5AC3A #CCC460 #DBD58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B5AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC3A

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC3A	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec477',
    500: '#b5ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac3a;
$custom-light: #cec477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC3A

secondary

#858AC6

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC3A

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

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