#B5AD41#B5AD41

#B5AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.128 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD41
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -10.46, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 55.61, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0334 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.128 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9550, 40.0938, 10.8976)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD41 #4149B5

analogous

#B57341 #B5AD41 #83B541

triadic

#B5AD41 #41B5AD #AD41B5

tetradic

#B5AD41 #41B573 #4149B5 #B54183

square

#B5AD41 #41B573 #4149B5 #B54183

split-complementary

#B5AD41 #4183B5 #7341B5

monochromatic

#5B5721 #888231 #B5AD41 #C9C36A #DAD597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B5AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B5AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD41

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD41	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.128 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec57b',
    500: '#b5ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad41;
$custom-light: #cec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73378,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD41

secondary

#8C90C5

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD41

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

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