#B5A149#B5A149

#B5A149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A149
RGB	rgb(181, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -3.58, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 47.68, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0128 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.111 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0049, 35.7960, 11.4729)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A149 #495DB5

analogous

#B56B49 #B5A149 #93B549

triadic

#B5A149 #49B5A1 #A149B5

tetradic

#B5A149 #49B56B #495DB5 #B54993

square

#B5A149 #49B56B #495DB5 #B54993

split-complementary

#B5A149 #4993B5 #6B49B5

monochromatic

#5E5326 #897A37 #B5A149 #C7B874 #D9CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B5A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B5A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A149

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A149	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc7f',
    500: '#b5a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a149;
$custom-light: #cebc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A149

secondary

#949EC5

accent

#6DD255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A149

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

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