#B5AE3F#B5AE3F

#B5AE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE3F
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -11.11, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 56.83, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0354 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0906, 40.4560, 10.6620)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE3F #3F46B5

analogous

#B5733F #B5AE3F #81B53F

triadic

#B5AE3F #3FB5AE #AE3FB5

tetradic

#B5AE3F #3FB573 #3F46B5 #B53F81

square

#B5AE3F #3FB573 #3F46B5 #B53F81

split-complementary

#B5AE3F #3F81B5 #733FB5

monochromatic

#5A571F #88822F #B5AE3F #CAC467 #DAD694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B5AE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE3F

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE3F	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)

#BCA830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec57a',
    500: '#b5ae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae3f;
$custom-light: #cec57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73577,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE3F

secondary

#8A8EC5

accent

#58D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE3F

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

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