#B5AD32#B5AD32

#B5AD32 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	#B5AD32
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -11.29, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 61.52, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0373 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5768, 39.9425, 8.9053)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD32 #323AB5

analogous

#B56B32 #B5AD32 #7BB532

triadic

#B5AD32 #32B5AD #AD32B5

tetradic

#B5AD32 #32B56B #323AB5 #B5327B

square

#B5AD32 #32B56B #323AB5 #B5327B

split-complementary

#B5AD32 #327BB5 #6B32B5

monochromatic

#555118 #857F25 #B5AD32 #D0C854 #DDD884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B5AD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD32

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD32	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)

#BCA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc573',
    500: '#b5ad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad32;
$custom-light: #cfc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73258,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD32

secondary

#7C81C7

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD32

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

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