#B5AB4E#B5AB4E

#B5AB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB4E
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -8.50, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 49.04, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0263 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.115 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9953, 39.5009, 12.9873)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB4E #4E58B5

analogous

#B5774E #B5AB4E #8BB54E

triadic

#B5AB4E #4EB5AB #AB4EB5

tetradic

#B5AB4E #4EB577 #4E58B5 #B54E8B

square

#B5AB4E #4EB577 #4E58B5 #B54E8B

split-complementary

#B5AB4E #4E8BB5 #774EB5

monochromatic

#605B28 #8B843A #B5AB4E #C7BF79 #D9D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B5AB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B5AB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB4E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB4E	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec383',
    500: '#b5ab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab4e;
$custom-light: #cec383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.175,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7308,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB4E

secondary

#999DC6

accent

#63D157

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB4E

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

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