#B5A246#B5A246

#B5A246 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A246
RGB	rgb(181, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 61.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -4.33, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 49.40, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0153 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.114 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0832, 36.1081, 11.0201)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A246 #4659B5

analogous

#B56B46 #B5A246 #91B546

triadic

#B5A246 #46B5A2 #A246B5

tetradic

#B5A246 #46B56B #4659B5 #B54691

square

#B5A246 #46B56B #4659B5 #B54691

split-complementary

#B5A246 #4691B5 #6B46B5

monochromatic

#5D5324 #897B35 #B5A246 #C8B970 #D9CF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B5A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B5A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A246

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A246	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd7d',
    500: '#b5a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a246;
$custom-light: #cebd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 44.223,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A246

secondary

#929AC5

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A246

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

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