#B5AE42#B5AE42

#B5AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE42
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -10.92, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 55.57, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0346 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.129 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1767, 40.4904, 11.1157)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE42 #4249B5

analogous

#B57442 #B5AE42 #82B542

triadic

#B5AE42 #42B5AE #AE42B5

tetradic

#B5AE42 #42B574 #4249B5 #B54282

square

#B5AE42 #42B574 #4249B5 #B54282

split-complementary

#B5AE42 #4282B5 #7442B5

monochromatic

#5B5821 #888332 #B5AE42 #C9C36B #D9D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B5AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE42

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE42	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec57b',
    500: '#b5ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae42;
$custom-light: #cec57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE42

secondary

#8E91C5

accent

#5AD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE42

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

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