#B5AB79#B5AB79

#B5AB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.068 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AB79
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -4.10, 27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 27.40, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0097 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.068 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0706, 40.3310, 23.9173)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AB79 #7983B5

analogous

#B58D79 #B5AB79 #A1B579

triadic

#B5AB79 #79B5AB #AB79B5

tetradic

#B5AB79 #79B58D #7983B5 #B579A1

square

#B5AB79 #79B58D #7983B5 #B579A1

split-complementary

#B5AB79 #79A1B5 #8D79B5

monochromatic

#746B40 #9B9056 #B5AB79 #CBC4A0 #E1DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B5AB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B5AB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AB79

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AB79	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ab79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.068 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc3a0',
    500: '#b5ab79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ab79;
$custom-light: #ccc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ab79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73742,
    "c": 0.06823,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AB79

secondary

#B9BDD1

accent

#73C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AB79

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

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