#B5AE36#B5AE36

#B5AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE36
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -11.61, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 60.40, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0378 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.8593, 40.3635, 9.4440)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE36 #363DB5

analogous

#B56E36 #B5AE36 #7CB536

triadic

#B5AE36 #36B5AE #AE36B5

tetradic

#B5AE36 #36B56E #363DB5 #B5367C

square

#B5AE36 #36B56E #363DB5 #B5367C

split-complementary

#B5AE36 #367CB5 #6E36B5

monochromatic

#57531A #868128 #B5AE36 #CEC85A #DCD789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B5AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE36

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE36	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc575',
    500: '#b5ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae36;
$custom-light: #cfc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.40362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE36

secondary

#8185C6

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE36

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

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