#B5A042#B5A042

#B5A042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.116 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A042
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -3.53, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 50.54, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0135 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.116 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6117, 35.3603, 10.2606)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A042 #4257B5

analogous

#B56642 #B5A042 #90B542

triadic

#B5A042 #42B5A0 #A042B5

tetradic

#B5A042 #42B566 #4257B5 #B54290

square

#B5A042 #42B566 #4257B5 #B54290

split-complementary

#B5A042 #4290B5 #6642B5

monochromatic

#5B5121 #887832 #B5A042 #C9B86B #D9CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B5A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B5A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A042

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A042	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.116 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7a',
    500: '#b5a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a042;
$custom-light: #cebb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A042

secondary

#8E98C5

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A042

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

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