#B5A652#B5A652

#B5A652 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A652
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -5.54, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 45.21, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0173 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.107 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2164, 37.7067, 13.4568)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A652 #5261B5

analogous

#B57552 #B5A652 #93B552

triadic

#B5A652 #52B5A6 #A652B5

tetradic

#B5A652 #52B575 #5261B5 #B55293

square

#B5A652 #52B575 #5261B5 #B55293

split-complementary

#B5A652 #5293B5 #7552B5

monochromatic

#625A2A #8D813C #B5A652 #C7BC7D #DAD2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B5A652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B5A652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A652

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A652	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc085',
    500: '#b5a652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a652;
$custom-light: #cdc085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A652

secondary

#9CA2C7

accent

#6AD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A652

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

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