#B5AD44#B5AD44

#B5AD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B5AD44
RGBrgb(181, 173, 68)
HSLhsl(56, 45%, 49%)
HSVhsv(56, 62%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(69.56, -10.27, 53.35)
CIE-LCHlch(69.56, 54.33, 100.89°)
OKLaboklab(73.41% -0.0325 0.1217)
OKLCHoklch(73.41% 0.126 105)
XYZxyz(35.0443, 40.1295, 11.3675)
Luminance0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B5AD44 #444CB5
analogous
#B57544 #B5AD44 #85B544
triadic
#B5AD44 #44B5AD #AD44B5
tetradic
#B5AD44 #44B575 #444CB5 #B54485
square
#B5AD44 #44B575 #444CB5 #B54485
split-complementary
#B5AD44 #4485B5 #7544B5
monochromatic
#5C5823 #898233 #B5AD44 #C8C26E #D9D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#B5AD44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03
#B5AD44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD44
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B5AD44#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B5AD441.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA738
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAC4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2A297
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b5ad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 105.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec57d',
    500: '#b5ad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b5ad44;
$custom-light: #cec57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b5ad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.40128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B5AD44
secondary
#9093C5
accent
#5CD553
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8EE
border
#D3D1C9
text
#14120A
muted
#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD44

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

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#B5AD44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva