#B5AF2A#B5AF2A

#B5AF2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.145 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF2A
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -12.68, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 64.94, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.042 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.145 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8054, 40.6521, 8.2033)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF2A #2A30B5

analogous

#B5692A #B5AF2A #75B52A

triadic

#B5AF2A #2AB5AF #AF2AB5

tetradic

#B5AF2A #2AB569 #2A30B5 #B52A75

square

#B5AF2A #2AB569 #2A30B5 #B52A75

split-complementary

#B5AF2A #2A75B5 #692AB5

monochromatic

#524F13 #837F1E #B5AF2A #D4CE48 #E0DC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AF2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B5AF2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF2A

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF2A	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)

#BEA806

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.145 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc66f',
    500: '#b5af2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af2a;
$custom-light: #cfc66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73645,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF2A

secondary

#7376C8

accent

#49E542

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF2A

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

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