#B5AD2E#B5AD2E

#B5AD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD2E
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -11.48, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 62.93, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0382 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4942, 39.9095, 8.4705)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD2E #2E36B5

analogous

#B5692E #B5AD2E #7AB52E

triadic

#B5AD2E #2EB5AD #AD2EB5

tetradic

#B5AD2E #2EB569 #2E36B5 #B52E7A

square

#B5AD2E #2EB569 #2E36B5 #B52E7A

split-complementary

#B5AD2E #2E7AB5 #692EB5

monochromatic

#535015 #847E22 #B5AD2E #D2CA4E #DED97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B5AD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD2E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD2E	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)

#BCA714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc571',
    500: '#b5ad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad2e;
$custom-light: #cfc571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD2E

secondary

#787CC7

accent

#4EE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD2E

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

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