#B5AD2A#B5AD2A

#B5AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.143 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD2A
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -11.64, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 64.25, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0391 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4190, 39.8794, 8.0745)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD2A #2A32B5

analogous

#B5672A #B5AD2A #77B52A

triadic

#B5AD2A #2AB5AD #AD2AB5

tetradic

#B5AD2A #2AB567 #2A32B5 #B52A77

square

#B5AD2A #2AB567 #2A32B5 #B52A77

split-complementary

#B5AD2A #2A77B5 #672AB5

monochromatic

#524E13 #837E1E #B5AD2A #D4CC48 #E0DA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B5AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD2A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD2A	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc56f',
    500: '#b5ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad2a;
$custom-light: #cfc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73208,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD2A

secondary

#7378C8

accent

#4CE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD2A

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

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