#B5AA72#B5AA72

#B5AA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.076 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA72
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 37%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -4.43, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 30.64, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0111 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.076 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4686, 39.7891, 21.6753)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA72 #727DB5

analogous

#B58872 #B5AA72 #9FB572

triadic

#B5AA72 #72B5AA #AA72B5

tetradic

#B5AA72 #72B588 #727DB5 #B5729F

square

#B5AA72 #72B588 #727DB5 #B5729F

split-complementary

#B5AA72 #729FB5 #8872B5

monochromatic

#71683B #998D50 #B5AA72 #CAC29A #DFDAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B5AA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA72

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA72	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.076 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc39b',
    500: '#b5aa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa72;
$custom-light: #ccc39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73398,
    "c": 0.07568,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA72

secondary

#B4B8CF

accent

#71C760

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA72

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

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