#B5AE2B#B5AE2B

#B5AE2B 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	#B5AE2B
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -12.12, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 64.27, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0403 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6296, 40.2716, 8.2341)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE2B #2B32B5

analogous

#B5692B #B5AE2B #77B52B

triadic

#B5AE2B #2BB5AE #AE2BB5

tetradic

#B5AE2B #2BB569 #2B32B5 #B52B77

square

#B5AE2B #2BB569 #2B32B5 #B52B77

split-complementary

#B5AE2B #2B77B5 #692BB5

monochromatic

#524F14 #847E1F #B5AE2B #D4CD49 #E0DA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B5AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE2B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE2B	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)

#BDA70B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc56f',
    500: '#b5ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae2b;
$custom-light: #cfc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE2B

secondary

#7478C8

accent

#4BE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE2B

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

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