#B5A549#B5A549

#B5A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A549
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -5.71, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 49.08, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0189 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7151, 37.2165, 11.7096)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A549 #4959B5

analogous

#B56F49 #B5A549 #8FB549

triadic

#B5A549 #49B5A5 #A549B5

tetradic

#B5A549 #49B56F #4959B5 #B5498F

square

#B5A549 #49B56F #4959B5 #B5498F

split-complementary

#B5A549 #498FB5 #6F49B5

monochromatic

#5E5526 #897D37 #B5A549 #C7BB74 #D9D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B5A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B5A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A549

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A549	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf7f',
    500: '#b5a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a549;
$custom-light: #cebf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71736,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A549

secondary

#949CC5

accent

#68D255

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A549

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

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