#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
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -10.27, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 54.33, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0325 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.126 105)
XYZ	xyz(35.0443, 40.1295, 11.3675)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B5AD44	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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