#B5AA4E#B5AA4E

#B5AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA4E
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -7.97, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 48.64, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0248 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.114 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8071, 39.1245, 12.9246)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA4E #4E59B5

analogous

#B5764E #B5AA4E #8CB54E

triadic

#B5AA4E #4EB5AA #AA4EB5

tetradic

#B5AA4E #4EB576 #4E59B5 #B54E8C

square

#B5AA4E #4EB576 #4E59B5 #B54E8C

split-complementary

#B5AA4E #4E8CB5 #764EB5

monochromatic

#605A28 #8B833A #B5AA4E #C7BF79 #D9D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B5AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B5AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA4E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA4E	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec383',
    500: '#b5aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa4e;
$custom-light: #cec383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.592,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72865,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA4E

secondary

#999DC6

accent

#64D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA4E

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

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