#B5A554#B5A554

#B5A554 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.104 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A554
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 53.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -4.84, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 43.86, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0151 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.104 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1126, 37.3755, 13.8031)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A554 #5464B5

analogous

#B57554 #B5A554 #95B554

triadic

#B5A554 #54B5A5 #A554B5

tetradic

#B5A554 #54B575 #5464B5 #B55495

square

#B5A554 #54B575 #5464B5 #B55495

split-complementary

#B5A554 #5495B5 #7554B5

monochromatic

#645A2B #8E813E #B5A554 #C7BB7F #DAD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B5A554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B5A554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A554

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A554	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)

#B3A14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.104 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf86',
    500: '#b5a554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a554;
$custom-light: #cdbf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 39.592,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71868,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A554

secondary

#9DA4C8

accent

#6CCF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A554

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

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