#B5AE49#B5AE49

#B5AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE49
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -10.44, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 52.51, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0324 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.123 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3959, 40.5781, 12.2699)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE49 #4950B5

analogous

#B57849 #B5AE49 #86B549

triadic

#B5AE49 #49B5AE #AE49B5

tetradic

#B5AE49 #49B578 #4950B5 #B54986

square

#B5AE49 #49B578 #4950B5 #B54986

split-complementary

#B5AE49 #4986B5 #7849B5

monochromatic

#5E5A26 #898437 #B5AE49 #C7C274 #D9D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#B5AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE49

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE49	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec580',
    500: '#b5ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae49;
$custom-light: #cec580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73674,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE49

secondary

#9498C5

accent

#5ED255

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE49

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

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