#B5A044#B5A044

#B5A044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A044
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 62.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -3.40, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 49.64, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0129 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.114 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6717, 35.3843, 10.5766)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A044 #4459B5

analogous

#B56844 #B5A044 #92B544

triadic

#B5A044 #44B5A0 #A044B5

tetradic

#B5A044 #44B568 #4459B5 #B54492

square

#B5A044 #44B568 #4459B5 #B54492

split-complementary

#B5A044 #4492B5 #6844B5

monochromatic

#5C5123 #897933 #B5A044 #C8B86E #D9CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B5A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B5A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A044

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A044	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7c',
    500: '#b5a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a044;
$custom-light: #cebb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70617,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A044

secondary

#909AC5

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A044

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

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