#B5A862#B5A862

#B5A862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.092 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A862
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 45.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -5.12, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 38.06, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0144 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.092 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.2642, 38.7121, 17.1675)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A862 #626FB5

analogous

#B57E62 #B5A862 #99B562

triadic

#B5A862 #62B5A8 #A862B5

tetradic

#B5A862 #62B57E #626FB5 #B56299

square

#B5A862 #62B57E #626FB5 #B56299

split-complementary

#B5A862 #6299B5 #7E62B5

monochromatic

#6A6232 #948846 #B5A862 #C9BF8C #DCD6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B5A862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B5A862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A862

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A862	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.092 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc190',
    500: '#b5a862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a862;
$custom-light: #cdc190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.602,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72705,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A862

secondary

#A8ADCB

accent

#6DCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A862

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

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