#B5AE35#B5AE35

#B5AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE35
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -11.67, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 60.78, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0381 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.8361, 40.3542, 9.3216)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE35 #353CB5

analogous

#B56E35 #B5AE35 #7CB535

triadic

#B5AE35 #35B5AE #AE35B5

tetradic

#B5AE35 #35B56E #353CB5 #B5357C

square

#B5AE35 #35B56E #353CB5 #B5357C

split-complementary

#B5AE35 #357CB5 #6E35B5

monochromatic

#565319 #868027 #B5AE35 #CEC859 #DCD888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B5AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE35

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE35	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc574',
    500: '#b5ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae35;
$custom-light: #cfc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE35

secondary

#8083C6

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE35

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

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