#B5A650#B5A650

#B5A650 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A650
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -5.70, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 46.17, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.018 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1414, 37.6767, 13.0618)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A650 #505FB5

analogous

#B57350 #B5A650 #91B550

triadic

#B5A650 #50B5A6 #A650B5

tetradic

#B5A650 #50B573 #505FB5 #B55091

square

#B5A650 #50B573 #505FB5 #B55091

split-complementary

#B5A650 #5091B5 #7350B5

monochromatic

#615929 #8C803B #B5A650 #C7BC7B #D9D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B5A650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B5A650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A650

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A650	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc084',
    500: '#b5a650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a650;
$custom-light: #cdc084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72031,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A650

secondary

#9AA1C7

accent

#69D057

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A650

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

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