#B5AE2A#B5AE2A

#B5AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE2A
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -12.16, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 64.59, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0405 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6115, 40.2643, 8.1387)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE2A #2A31B5

analogous

#B5682A #B5AE2A #76B52A

triadic

#B5AE2A #2AB5AE #AE2AB5

tetradic

#B5AE2A #2AB568 #2A31B5 #B52A76

square

#B5AE2A #2AB568 #2A31B5 #B52A76

split-complementary

#B5AE2A #2A76B5 #682AB5

monochromatic

#524E13 #837E1E #B5AE2A #D4CD48 #E0DB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B5AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE2A

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE2A	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)

#BDA707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc56f',
    500: '#b5ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae2a;
$custom-light: #cfc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73426,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE2A

secondary

#7377C8

accent

#4BE542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE2A

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

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