#B5AD36#B5AD36

#B5AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD36
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -11.10, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 60.04, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0364 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6669, 39.9785, 9.3799)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD36 #363EB5

analogous

#B56D36 #B5AD36 #7DB536

triadic

#B5AD36 #36B5AD #AD36B5

tetradic

#B5AD36 #36B56D #363EB5 #B5367D

square

#B5AD36 #36B56D #363EB5 #B5367D

split-complementary

#B5AD36 #367DB5 #6D36B5

monochromatic

#57531A #868028 #B5AD36 #CEC75A #DCD789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B5AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B5AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD36

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD36	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc575',
    500: '#b5ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad36;
$custom-light: #cfc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73287,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD36

secondary

#8185C6

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD36

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

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