#B5A243#B5A243

#B5A243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A243
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -4.53, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 50.76, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0162 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.117 98)
XYZ	xyz(32.9909, 36.0712, 10.5338)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A243 #4356B5

analogous

#B56943 #B5A243 #8FB543

triadic

#B5A243 #43B5A2 #A243B5

tetradic

#B5A243 #43B569 #4356B5 #B5438F

square

#B5A243 #43B569 #4356B5 #B5438F

split-complementary

#B5A243 #438FB5 #6943B5

monochromatic

#5C5222 #887A32 #B5A243 #C9B96C #D9CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B5A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B5A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A243

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A243	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd7b',
    500: '#b5a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a243;
$custom-light: #cebd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.3607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A243

secondary

#8F98C5

accent

#68D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A243

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

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