#B5AE2E#B5AE2E

#B5AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE2E
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -11.99, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 63.28, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0397 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6867, 40.2944, 8.5347)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE2E #2E35B5

analogous

#B56B2E #B5AE2E #79B52E

triadic

#B5AE2E #2EB5AE #AE2EB5

tetradic

#B5AE2E #2EB56B #2E35B5 #B52E79

square

#B5AE2E #2EB56B #2E35B5 #B52E79

split-complementary

#B5AE2E #2E79B5 #6B2EB5

monochromatic

#535015 #847F22 #B5AE2E #D2CB4E #DEDA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B5AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE2E

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE2E	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)

#BDA713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc571',
    500: '#b5ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae2e;
$custom-light: #cfc571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7345,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE2E

secondary

#787CC7

accent

#4DE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE2E

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

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