#B5AF33#B5AF33

#B5AF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.140 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF33
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -12.28, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 61.88, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.04 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9849, 40.7240, 9.1490)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF33 #3339B5

analogous

#B56E33 #B5AF33 #7AB533

triadic

#B5AF33 #33B5AF #AF33B5

tetradic

#B5AF33 #33B56E #3339B5 #B5337A

square

#B5AF33 #33B56E #3339B5 #B5337A

split-complementary

#B5AF33 #337AB5 #6E33B5

monochromatic

#565318 #858126 #B5AF33 #CFCA56 #DDD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B5AF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF33

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF33	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)

#BEA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc673',
    500: '#b5af33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af33;
$custom-light: #cfc673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF33

secondary

#7D81C6

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF33

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

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