#B5AE2F#B5AE2F

#B5AE2F 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	#B5AE2F
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 74%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -11.95, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 62.93, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0395 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7066, 40.3024, 8.6397)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE2F #2F36B5

analogous

#B56B2F #B5AE2F #79B52F

triadic

#B5AE2F #2FB5AE #AE2FB5

tetradic

#B5AE2F #2FB56B #2F36B5 #B52F79

square

#B5AE2F #2FB56B #2F36B5 #B52F79

split-complementary

#B5AE2F #2F79B5 #6B2FB5

monochromatic

#545116 #847F22 #B5AE2F #D1CB50 #DED980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B5AE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE2F

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE2F	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)

#BDA715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc571',
    500: '#b5ae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae2f;
$custom-light: #cfc571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73456,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE2F

secondary

#797DC7

accent

#4EE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE2F

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

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