#B5AE44#B5AE44

#B5AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE44
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -10.79, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 54.71, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.034 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.127 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2367, 40.5144, 11.4317)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE44 #444BB5

analogous

#B57644 #B5AE44 #84B544

triadic

#B5AE44 #44B5AE #AE44B5

tetradic

#B5AE44 #44B576 #444BB5 #B54484

square

#B5AE44 #44B576 #444BB5 #B54484

split-complementary

#B5AE44 #4484B5 #7644B5

monochromatic

#5C5823 #898333 #B5AE44 #C8C36E #D9D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B5AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE44

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE44	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)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec57d',
    500: '#b5ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae44;
$custom-light: #cec57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE44

secondary

#9093C5

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE44

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

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