#B5A449#B5A449

#B5A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A449
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -5.18, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 48.72, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0174 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.113 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5354, 36.8571, 11.6497)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A449 #495AB5

analogous

#B56E49 #B5A449 #90B549

triadic

#B5A449 #49B5A4 #A449B5

tetradic

#B5A449 #49B56E #495AB5 #B54990

square

#B5A449 #49B56E #495AB5 #B54990

split-complementary

#B5A449 #4990B5 #6E49B5

monochromatic

#5E5526 #897C37 #B5A449 #C7BA74 #D9D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B5A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B5A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A449

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A449	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe7f',
    500: '#b5a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a449;
$custom-light: #cebe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71522,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A449

secondary

#949CC5

accent

#69D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A449

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

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