#B5AE4E#B5AE4E

#B5AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.118 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE4E
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -10.07, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 50.24, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0308 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.118 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5684, 40.6471, 13.1783)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE4E #4E55B5

analogous

#B57A4E #B5AE4E #88B54E

triadic

#B5AE4E #4EB5AE #AE4EB5

tetradic

#B5AE4E #4EB57A #4E55B5 #B54E88

square

#B5AE4E #4EB57A #4E55B5 #B54E88

split-complementary

#B5AE4E #4E88B5 #7A4EB5

monochromatic

#605D28 #8B863A #B5AE4E #C7C279 #D9D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B5AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE4E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE4E	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.118 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc583',
    500: '#b5ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae4e;
$custom-light: #cdc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE4E

secondary

#999CC6

accent

#5FD157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE4E

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

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