#B5AE3D#B5AE3D

#B5AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE3D
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -11.23, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 57.65, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.036 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.132 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0357, 40.4340, 10.3730)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE3D #3D44B5

analogous

#B5723D #B5AE3D #80B53D

triadic

#B5AE3D #3DB5AE #AE3DB5

tetradic

#B5AE3D #3DB572 #3D44B5 #B53D80

square

#B5AE3D #3DB572 #3D44B5 #B53D80

split-complementary

#B5AE3D #3D80B5 #723DB5

monochromatic

#59561E #87822E #B5AE3D #CBC564 #DAD692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B5AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE3D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE3D	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec579',
    500: '#b5ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae3d;
$custom-light: #cec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7356,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE3D

secondary

#888CC5

accent

#57D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE3D

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

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