#B5A445#B5A445

#B5A445 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A445
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -5.46, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 50.55, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0187 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4070, 36.8058, 10.9736)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A445 #4556B5

analogous

#B56C45 #B5A445 #8EB545

triadic

#B5A445 #45B5A4 #A445B5

tetradic

#B5A445 #45B56C #4556B5 #B5458E

square

#B5A445 #45B56C #4556B5 #B5458E

split-complementary

#B5A445 #458EB5 #6C45B5

monochromatic

#5C5423 #897C34 #B5A445 #C8BB6F #D9D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B5A445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B5A445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A445

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A445	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe7d',
    500: '#b5a445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a445;
$custom-light: #cebe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A445

secondary

#9199C5

accent

#67D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A445

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

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