#B5AE2C#B5AE2C

#B5AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.143 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE2C
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -12.08, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 63.94, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0401 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6482, 40.2790, 8.3319)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE2C #2C33B5

analogous

#B56A2C #B5AE2C #78B52C

triadic

#B5AE2C #2CB5AE #AE2CB5

tetradic

#B5AE2C #2CB56A #2C33B5 #B52C78

square

#B5AE2C #2CB56A #2C33B5 #B52C78

split-complementary

#B5AE2C #2C78B5 #6A2CB5

monochromatic

#534F14 #847F20 #B5AE2C #D3CC4B #DFDA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B5AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE2C

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE2C	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc570',
    500: '#b5ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae2c;
$custom-light: #cfc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73438,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE2C

secondary

#7579C8

accent

#4CE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE2C

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

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