#B5A85F#B5A85F

#B5A85F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.095 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A85F
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 47.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -5.42, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 39.58, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0156 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.095 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1252, 38.6565, 16.4354)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A85F #5F6CB5

analogous

#B57D5F #B5A85F #97B55F

triadic

#B5A85F #5FB5A8 #A85FB5

tetradic

#B5A85F #5FB57D #5F6CB5 #B55F97

square

#B5A85F #5FB57D #5F6CB5 #B55F97

split-complementary

#B5A85F #5F97B5 #7D5FB5

monochromatic

#696031 #938744 #B5A85F #C8BF89 #DCD6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B5A85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B5A85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A85F

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A85F	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.095 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc18e',
    500: '#b5a85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a85f;
$custom-light: #cdc18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A85F

secondary

#A6ABCA

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A85F

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

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