#B5AD3E#B5AD3E

#B5AD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD3E
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -10.65, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 56.87, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0342 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.131 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8704, 40.0599, 10.4520)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD3E #3E46B5

analogous

#B5713E #B5AD3E #82B53E

triadic

#B5AD3E #3EB5AD #AD3EB5

tetradic

#B5AD3E #3EB571 #3E46B5 #B53E82

square

#B5AD3E #3EB571 #3E46B5 #B53E82

split-complementary

#B5AD3E #3E82B5 #713EB5

monochromatic

#5A561F #87812E #B5AD3E #CAC466 #DAD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B5AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B5AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD3E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD3E	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec579',
    500: '#b5ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad3e;
$custom-light: #cec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73351,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD3E

secondary

#898DC5

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD3E

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

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