#B5AD31#B5AD31

#B5AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.139 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD31
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -11.34, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 61.88, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0376 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5554, 39.9339, 8.7929)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD31 #3139B5

analogous

#B56B31 #B5AD31 #7BB531

triadic

#B5AD31 #31B5AD #AD31B5

tetradic

#B5AD31 #31B56B #3139B5 #B5317B

square

#B5AD31 #31B56B #3139B5 #B5317B

split-complementary

#B5AD31 #317BB5 #6B31B5

monochromatic

#555117 #857F24 #B5AD31 #D0C953 #DDD883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B5AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD31

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD31	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc572',
    500: '#b5ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad31;
$custom-light: #cfc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73251,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD31

secondary

#7B80C7

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD31

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

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