#B5A552#B5A552

#B5A552 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A552
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -5.00, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 44.83, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0158 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0354, 37.3446, 13.3964)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A552 #5262B5

analogous

#B57452 #B5A552 #94B552

triadic

#B5A552 #52B5A5 #A552B5

tetradic

#B5A552 #52B574 #5262B5 #B55294

square

#B5A552 #52B574 #5262B5 #B55294

split-complementary

#B5A552 #5294B5 #7452B5

monochromatic

#62592A #8D803C #B5A552 #C7BB7D #DAD2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B5A552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B5A552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A552

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A552	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf85',
    500: '#b5a552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a552;
$custom-light: #cdbf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A552

secondary

#9CA3C7

accent

#6BD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A552

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

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