#B5AC3E#B5AC3E

#B5AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC3E
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -10.13, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 56.49, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0328 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6794, 39.6779, 10.3883)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC3E #3E47B5

analogous

#B5703E #B5AC3E #83B53E

triadic

#B5AC3E #3EB5AC #AC3EB5

tetradic

#B5AC3E #3EB570 #3E47B5 #B53E83

square

#B5AC3E #3EB570 #3E47B5 #B53E83

split-complementary

#B5AC3E #3E83B5 #703EB5

monochromatic

#5A551F #87812E #B5AC3E #CAC366 #DAD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B5AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC3E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC3E	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec479',
    500: '#b5ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac3e;
$custom-light: #cec479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC3E

secondary

#898EC5

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC3E

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

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