#B5AE33#B5AE33

#B5AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE33
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -11.76, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 61.52, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0385 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.139 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7910, 40.3361, 9.0843)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE33 #333AB5

analogous

#B56D33 #B5AE33 #7BB533

triadic

#B5AE33 #33B5AE #AE33B5

tetradic

#B5AE33 #33B56D #333AB5 #B5337B

square

#B5AE33 #33B56D #333AB5 #B5337B

split-complementary

#B5AE33 #337BB5 #6D33B5

monochromatic

#565218 #858026 #B5AE33 #CFC956 #DDD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B5AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE33

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE33	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)

#BDA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc573',
    500: '#b5ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae33;
$custom-light: #cfc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE33

secondary

#7D81C6

accent

#51DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE33

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

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