#B5AE46#B5AE46

#B5AE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.125 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE46
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -10.65, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 53.84, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0334 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.125 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2988, 40.5392, 11.7586)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE46 #464DB5

analogous

#B57746 #B5AE46 #85B546

triadic

#B5AE46 #46B5AE #AE46B5

tetradic

#B5AE46 #46B577 #464DB5 #B54685

square

#B5AE46 #46B577 #464DB5 #B54685

split-complementary

#B5AE46 #4685B5 #7746B5

monochromatic

#5D5924 #898435 #B5AE46 #C8C270 #D9D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B5AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE46

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE46	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.125 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec57e',
    500: '#b5ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae46;
$custom-light: #cec57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73643,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE46

secondary

#9295C5

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE46

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

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