#B5A656#B5A656

#B5A656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.103 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A656
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -5.19, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 43.26, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0159 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.103 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3731, 37.7694, 14.2819)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A656 #5665B5

analogous

#B57656 #B5A656 #95B556

triadic

#B5A656 #56B5A6 #A656B5

tetradic

#B5A656 #56B576 #5665B5 #B55695

square

#B5A656 #56B576 #5665B5 #B55695

split-complementary

#B5A656 #5695B5 #7656B5

monochromatic

#655C2C #8F823F #B5A656 #C8BC81 #DAD3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B5A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B5A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A656

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A656	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.103 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc088',
    500: '#b5a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a656;
$custom-light: #cdc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72107,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A656

secondary

#9FA5C8

accent

#6BCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A656

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

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