#B5AD2F#B5AD2F

#B5AD2F 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	#B5AD2F
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -11.43, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 62.58, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.038 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5141, 39.9174, 8.5756)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD2F #2F37B5

analogous

#B56A2F #B5AD2F #7AB52F

triadic

#B5AD2F #2FB5AD #AD2FB5

tetradic

#B5AD2F #2FB56A #2F37B5 #B52F7A

square

#B5AD2F #2FB56A #2F37B5 #B52F7A

split-complementary

#B5AD2F #2F7AB5 #6A2FB5

monochromatic

#545016 #847F22 #B5AD2F #D1CA50 #DED980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B5AD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD2F

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD2F	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)

#BCA716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc571',
    500: '#b5ad2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad2f;
$custom-light: #cfc571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73238,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD2F

secondary

#797DC7

accent

#4FE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD2F

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

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