#B5AC3B#B5AC3B

#B5AC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC3B
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -10.30, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 57.72, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0336 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.132 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5993, 39.6459, 9.9667)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC3B #3B44B5

analogous

#B56F3B #B5AC3B #81B53B

triadic

#B5AC3B #3BB5AC #AC3BB5

tetradic

#B5AC3B #3BB56F #3B44B5 #B53B81

square

#B5AC3B #3BB56F #3B44B5 #B53B81

split-complementary

#B5AC3B #3B81B5 #6F3BB5

monochromatic

#59541D #87802C #B5AC3B #CCC462 #DBD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B5AC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC3B

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC3B	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)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec477',
    500: '#b5ac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac3b;
$custom-light: #cec477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC3B

secondary

#868BC6

accent

#58DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC3B

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

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