#B5AD4E#B5AD4E

#B5AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD4E
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -9.55, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 49.84, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0293 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.117 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3759, 40.2621, 13.1142)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD4E #4E56B5

analogous

#B5794E #B5AD4E #89B54E

triadic

#B5AD4E #4EB5AD #AD4EB5

tetradic

#B5AD4E #4EB579 #4E56B5 #B54E89

square

#B5AD4E #4EB579 #4E56B5 #B54E89

split-complementary

#B5AD4E #4E89B5 #794EB5

monochromatic

#605C28 #8B853A #B5AD4E #C7C179 #D9D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B5AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD4E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD4E	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc583',
    500: '#b5ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad4e;
$custom-light: #cdc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD4E

secondary

#999CC6

accent

#60D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD4E

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

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