#B5AE2D#B5AE2D

#B5AE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.143 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE2D
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 75.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -12.04, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 63.61, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0399 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.143 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6672, 40.2866, 8.4321)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE2D #2D34B5

analogous

#B56A2D #B5AE2D #78B52D

triadic

#B5AE2D #2DB5AE #AE2DB5

tetradic

#B5AE2D #2DB56A #2D34B5 #B52D78

square

#B5AE2D #2DB56A #2D34B5 #B52D78

split-complementary

#B5AE2D #2D78B5 #6A2DB5

monochromatic

#535015 #847F21 #B5AE2D #D3CC4D #DFDA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B5AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE2D

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE2D	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)

#BDA711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.143 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc570',
    500: '#b5ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae2d;
$custom-light: #cfc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73444,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE2D

secondary

#767BC7

accent

#4DE344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE2D

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

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