#B5AE37#B5AE37

#B5AE37 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	#B5AE37
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -11.56, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 60.02, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0376 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.8831, 40.3729, 9.5690)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE37 #373EB5

analogous

#B56F37 #B5AE37 #7DB537

triadic

#B5AE37 #37B5AE #AE37B5

tetradic

#B5AE37 #37B56F #373EB5 #B5377D

square

#B5AE37 #37B56F #373EB5 #B5377D

split-complementary

#B5AE37 #377DB5 #6F37B5

monochromatic

#57541A #868129 #B5AE37 #CDC75C #DCD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B5AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE37

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE37	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)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec575',
    500: '#b5ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae37;
$custom-light: #cec575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.40372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE37

secondary

#8286C6

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE37

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

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