#B5AE3E#B5AE3E

#B5AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE3E
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -11.17, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 57.24, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0357 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.132 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0629, 40.4449, 10.5162)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE3E #3E45B5

analogous

#B5733E #B5AE3E #80B53E

triadic

#B5AE3E #3EB5AE #AE3EB5

tetradic

#B5AE3E #3EB573 #3E45B5 #B53E80

square

#B5AE3E #3EB573 #3E45B5 #B53E80

split-complementary

#B5AE3E #3E80B5 #733EB5

monochromatic

#5A561F #87822E #B5AE3E #CAC566 #DAD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B5AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE3E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE3E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec579',
    500: '#b5ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae3e;
$custom-light: #cec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE3E

secondary

#898DC5

accent

#57D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE3E

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

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