#B5A653#B5A653

#B5A653 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A653
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -5.45, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 44.72, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.017 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.106 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2548, 37.7221, 13.6587)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A653 #5362B5

analogous

#B57553 #B5A653 #93B553

triadic

#B5A653 #53B5A6 #A653B5

tetradic

#B5A653 #53B575 #5362B5 #B55393

square

#B5A653 #53B575 #5362B5 #B55393

split-complementary

#B5A653 #5393B5 #7553B5

monochromatic

#635A2B #8E813D #B5A653 #C7BC7E #DAD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B5A653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B5A653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A653

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A653	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)

#B4A24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc086',
    500: '#b5a653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a653;
$custom-light: #cdc086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A653

secondary

#9CA3C7

accent

#6AD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A653

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

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