#B5AE39#B5AE39

#B5AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE39
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -11.45, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 59.25, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0371 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9320, 40.3925, 9.8266)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE39 #3940B5

analogous

#B57039 #B5AE39 #7EB539

triadic

#B5AE39 #39B5AE #AE39B5

tetradic

#B5AE39 #39B570 #3940B5 #B5397E

square

#B5AE39 #39B570 #3940B5 #B5397E

split-complementary

#B5AE39 #397EB5 #7039B5

monochromatic

#58551C #86812A #B5AE39 #CDC65F #DBD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B5AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE39

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE39	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec576',
    500: '#b5ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae39;
$custom-light: #cec576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73527,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE39

secondary

#8488C6

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE39

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

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