#B5A960#B5A960

#B5A960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A960
RGB	rgb(181, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 47%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -5.85, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 39.48, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0167 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3563, 39.0454, 16.7382)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A960 #606CB5

analogous

#B57F60 #B5A960 #97B560

triadic

#B5A960 #60B5A9 #A960B5

tetradic

#B5A960 #60B57F #606CB5 #B56097

square

#B5A960 #60B57F #606CB5 #B56097

split-complementary

#B5A960 #6097B5 #7F60B5

monochromatic

#6A6231 #938845 #B5A960 #C8C08A #DCD6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5A960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B5A960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A960

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A960	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc28e',
    500: '#b5a960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a960;
$custom-light: #cdc28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 36.481,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A960

secondary

#A6ABCA

accent

#6BCC5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A960

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

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