#B5AF30#B5AF30

#B5AF30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF30
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 73.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -12.42, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 62.94, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0407 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9209, 40.6983, 8.8118)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF30 #3036B5

analogous

#B56C30 #B5AF30 #79B530

triadic

#B5AF30 #30B5AF #AF30B5

tetradic

#B5AF30 #30B56C #3036B5 #B53079

square

#B5AF30 #30B56C #3036B5 #B53079

split-complementary

#B5AF30 #3079B5 #6C30B5

monochromatic

#545116 #858023 #B5AF30 #D1CB51 #DEDA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AF30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B5AF30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF30

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF30	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)

#BEA817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc672',
    500: '#b5af30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af30;
$custom-light: #cfc672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73681,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF30

secondary

#7A7DC7

accent

#4DE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF30

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

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