#B5AE32#B5AE32

#B5AE32 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 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE32
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 72.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -11.81, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 61.88, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0388 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7692, 40.3274, 8.9695)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE32 #3239B5

analogous

#B56C32 #B5AE32 #7AB532

triadic

#B5AE32 #32B5AE #AE32B5

tetradic

#B5AE32 #32B56C #3239B5 #B5327A

square

#B5AE32 #32B56C #3239B5 #B5327A

split-complementary

#B5AE32 #327AB5 #6C32B5

monochromatic

#555218 #858025 #B5AE32 #D0C954 #DDD884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B5AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE32

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE32	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc573',
    500: '#b5ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae32;
$custom-light: #cfc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE32

secondary

#7C80C7

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE32

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

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