#B5AD33#B5AD33

#B5AD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.138 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD33
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -11.25, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 61.16, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0371 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.138 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5986, 39.9512, 9.0202)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD33 #333BB5

analogous

#B56C33 #B5AD33 #7CB533

triadic

#B5AD33 #33B5AD #AD33B5

tetradic

#B5AD33 #33B56C #333BB5 #B5337C

square

#B5AD33 #33B56C #333BB5 #B5337C

split-complementary

#B5AD33 #337CB5 #6C33B5

monochromatic

#565218 #857F26 #B5AD33 #CFC856 #DDD786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B5AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD33

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.138 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc573',
    500: '#b5ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad33;
$custom-light: #cfc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD33

secondary

#7D82C6

accent

#52DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD33

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

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