#B5AE30#B5AE30

#B5AE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.141 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE30
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -11.91, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 62.59, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0392 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.141 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7270, 40.3105, 8.7472)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE30 #3037B5

analogous

#B56B30 #B5AE30 #7AB530

triadic

#B5AE30 #30B5AE #AE30B5

tetradic

#B5AE30 #30B56B #3037B5 #B5307A

square

#B5AE30 #30B56B #3037B5 #B5307A

split-complementary

#B5AE30 #307AB5 #6B30B5

monochromatic

#545116 #857F23 #B5AE30 #D1CA51 #DED982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B5AE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE30

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE30	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)

#BDA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.141 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc572',
    500: '#b5ae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae30;
$custom-light: #cfc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE30

secondary

#7A7EC7

accent

#4FE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE30

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

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