#B5AE31#B5AE31

#B5AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.140 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE31
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -11.86, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 62.23, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.039 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7479, 40.3189, 8.8571)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE31 #3138B5

analogous

#B56C31 #B5AE31 #7AB531

triadic

#B5AE31 #31B5AE #AE31B5

tetradic

#B5AE31 #31B56C #3138B5 #B5317A

square

#B5AE31 #31B56C #3138B5 #B5317A

split-complementary

#B5AE31 #317AB5 #6C31B5

monochromatic

#555117 #858024 #B5AE31 #D0CA53 #DDD983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B5AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE31

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE31	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)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc572',
    500: '#b5ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae31;
$custom-light: #cfc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE31

secondary

#7B7FC7

accent

#4FE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE31

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

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