#B5AF2E#B5AF2E

#B5AF2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF2E
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -12.51, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 63.63, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0411 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8806, 40.6822, 8.5993)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF2E #2E34B5

analogous

#B56B2E #B5AF2E #78B52E

triadic

#B5AF2E #2EB5AF #AF2EB5

tetradic

#B5AF2E #2EB56B #2E34B5 #B52E78

square

#B5AF2E #2EB56B #2E34B5 #B52E78

split-complementary

#B5AF2E #2E78B5 #6B2EB5

monochromatic

#535115 #848022 #B5AF2E #D2CC4E #DEDA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B5AF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF2E

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF2E	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc671',
    500: '#b5af2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af2e;
$custom-light: #cfc671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73668,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF2E

secondary

#787BC7

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF2E

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

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