#B5A55C#B5A55C

#B5A55C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.096 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A55C
RGB	rgb(181, 165, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 49.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -4.11, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 39.91, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0121 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.096 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4440, 37.5080, 15.5486)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A55C #5C6CB5

analogous

#B5785C #B5A55C #98B55C

triadic

#B5A55C #5CB5A5 #A55CB5

tetradic

#B5A55C #5CB578 #5C6CB5 #B55C98

square

#B5A55C #5CB578 #5C6CB5 #B55C98

split-complementary

#B5A55C #5C98B5 #785CB5

monochromatic

#685D2F #928342 #B5A55C #C8BC86 #DBD3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B5A55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B5A55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A55C

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A55C	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 165, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.096 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf8c',
    500: '#b5a55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a55c;
$custom-light: #cdbf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.213,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71978,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A55C

secondary

#A3AAC9

accent

#6FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A55C

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

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