#B5AE34#B5AE34

#B5AE34 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	#B5AE34
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -11.72, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 61.15, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0383 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.139 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8133, 40.3451, 9.2017)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE34 #343BB5

analogous

#B56D34 #B5AE34 #7BB534

triadic

#B5AE34 #34B5AE #AE34B5

tetradic

#B5AE34 #34B56D #343BB5 #B5347B

square

#B5AE34 #34B56D #343BB5 #B5347B

split-complementary

#B5AE34 #347BB5 #6D34B5

monochromatic

#565319 #858026 #B5AE34 #CFC857 #DCD887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B5AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE34

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE34	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)

#BDA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc574',
    500: '#b5ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae34;
$custom-light: #cfc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE34

secondary

#7F82C6

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE34

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

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