#B5AC40#B5AC40

#B5AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC40
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -10.00, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 55.65, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0322 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7353, 39.7002, 10.6827)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC40 #4049B5

analogous

#B57240 #B5AC40 #83B540

triadic

#B5AC40 #40B5AC #AC40B5

tetradic

#B5AC40 #40B572 #4049B5 #B54083

square

#B5AC40 #40B572 #4049B5 #B54083

split-complementary

#B5AC40 #4083B5 #7240B5

monochromatic

#5B5620 #888130 #B5AC40 #CAC268 #DAD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B5AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC40

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC40	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)

#BBA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec47a',
    500: '#b5ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac40;
$custom-light: #cec47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73152,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC40

secondary

#8B90C5

accent

#5BD750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC40

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

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