#B5AD35#B5AD35

#B5AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD35
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -11.15, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 60.42, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0366 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6436, 39.9692, 9.2574)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD35 #353DB5

analogous

#B56D35 #B5AD35 #7DB535

triadic

#B5AD35 #35B5AD #AD35B5

tetradic

#B5AD35 #35B56D #353DB5 #B5357D

square

#B5AD35 #35B56D #353DB5 #B5357D

split-complementary

#B5AD35 #357DB5 #6D35B5

monochromatic

#565319 #868027 #B5AD35 #CEC759 #DCD788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B5AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B5AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD35

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD35	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc574',
    500: '#b5ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad35;
$custom-light: #cfc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73279,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD35

secondary

#8084C6

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD35

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

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