#B5A045#B5A045

#B5A045 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A045
RGB	rgb(181, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -3.33, 49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 49.18, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0125 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.113 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7024, 35.3966, 10.7387)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A045 #455AB5

analogous

#B56845 #B5A045 #92B545

triadic

#B5A045 #45B5A0 #A045B5

tetradic

#B5A045 #45B568 #455AB5 #B54592

square

#B5A045 #45B568 #455AB5 #B54592

split-complementary

#B5A045 #4592B5 #6845B5

monochromatic

#5C5223 #897934 #B5A045 #C8B76F #D9CD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B5A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B5A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A045

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A045	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)

#AF9D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb7c',
    500: '#b5a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a045;
$custom-light: #cebb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A045

secondary

#919AC5

accent

#6CD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A045

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

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