#B5AF34#B5AF34

#B5AF34 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 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF34
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -12.23, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 61.51, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0398 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0072, 40.7329, 9.2663)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF34 #343AB5

analogous

#B56E34 #B5AF34 #7AB534

triadic

#B5AF34 #34B5AF #AF34B5

tetradic

#B5AF34 #34B56E #343AB5 #B5347A

square

#B5AF34 #34B56E #343AB5 #B5347A

split-complementary

#B5AF34 #347AB5 #6E34B5

monochromatic

#565319 #858126 #B5AF34 #CFC957 #DCD987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AF34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B5AF34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF34

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF34	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc674',
    500: '#b5af34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af34;
$custom-light: #cfc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF34

secondary

#7F82C6

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF34

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

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