#B5AC3D#B5AC3D

#B5AC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC3D
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -10.19, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 56.90, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0331 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.13 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6522, 39.6670, 10.2452)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC3D #3D46B5

analogous

#B5703D #B5AC3D #82B53D

triadic

#B5AC3D #3DB5AC #AC3DB5

tetradic

#B5AC3D #3DB570 #3D46B5 #B53D82

square

#B5AC3D #3DB570 #3D46B5 #B53D82

split-complementary

#B5AC3D #3D82B5 #703DB5

monochromatic

#59551E #87812E #B5AC3D #CBC364 #DAD592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B5AC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC3D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC3D	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)

#BBA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec478',
    500: '#b5ac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac3d;
$custom-light: #cec478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73126,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC3D

secondary

#888DC5

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC3D

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

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