#B5A96F#B5A96F

#B5A96F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.078 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A96F
RGB	rgb(181, 169, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 38.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -4.25, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 31.79, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0108 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.078 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1139, 39.3485, 20.7285)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A96F #6F7BB5

analogous

#B5866F #B5A96F #9EB56F

triadic

#B5A96F #6FB5A9 #A96FB5

tetradic

#B5A96F #6FB586 #6F7BB5 #B56F9E

square

#B5A96F #6FB586 #6F7BB5 #B56F9E

split-complementary

#B5A96F #6F9EB5 #866FB5

monochromatic

#70673A #988C4E #B5A96F #CAC197 #DFD9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B5A96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B5A96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A96F

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A96F	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 169, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.078 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc299',
    500: '#b5a96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a96f;
$custom-light: #ccc299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 32.11,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.07822,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A96F

secondary

#B2B7CE

accent

#71C860

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A96F

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

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