#B5AF35#B5AF35

#B5AF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF35
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -12.18, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 61.14, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0395 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0300, 40.7420, 9.3862)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF35 #353BB5

analogous

#B56F35 #B5AF35 #7BB535

triadic

#B5AF35 #35B5AF #AF35B5

tetradic

#B5AF35 #35B56F #353BB5 #B5357B

square

#B5AF35 #35B56F #353BB5 #B5357B

split-complementary

#B5AF35 #357BB5 #6F35B5

monochromatic

#565319 #868127 #B5AF35 #CEC959 #DCD888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#B5AF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF35

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF35	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)

#BEA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc674',
    500: '#b5af35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af35;
$custom-light: #cfc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73715,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF35

secondary

#8083C6

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF35

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

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