#B5AF40#B5AF40

#B5AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.131 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF40
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -11.56, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 56.80, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0366 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.131 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3127, 40.8551, 10.8752)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF40 #4046B5

analogous

#B57440 #B5AF40 #80B540

triadic

#B5AF40 #40B5AF #AF40B5

tetradic

#B5AF40 #40B574 #4046B5 #B54080

square

#B5AF40 #40B574 #4046B5 #B54080

split-complementary

#B5AF40 #4080B5 #7440B5

monochromatic

#5B5820 #888330 #B5AF40 #CAC568 #DAD696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B5AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B5AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF40

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF40	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.131 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec67a',
    500: '#b5af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af40;
$custom-light: #cec67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF40

secondary

#8B8EC5

accent

#57D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF40

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

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