#B5AC44#B5AC44

#B5AC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC44
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -9.75, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 53.94, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.031 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8532, 39.7474, 11.3038)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC44 #444DB5

analogous

#B57444 #B5AC44 #86B544

triadic

#B5AC44 #44B5AC #AC44B5

tetradic

#B5AC44 #44B574 #444DB5 #B54486

square

#B5AC44 #44B574 #444DB5 #B54486

split-complementary

#B5AC44 #4486B5 #7444B5

monochromatic

#5C5723 #898233 #B5AC44 #C8C16E #D9D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B5AC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B5AC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC44

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC44	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec47d',
    500: '#b5ac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac44;
$custom-light: #cec47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC44

secondary

#9094C5

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC44

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

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