#B5AC4E#B5AC4E

#B5AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC4E
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -9.02, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 49.43, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0278 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.116 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1849, 39.8801, 13.0505)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC4E #4E57B5

analogous

#B5784E #B5AC4E #8AB54E

triadic

#B5AC4E #4EB5AC #AC4EB5

tetradic

#B5AC4E #4EB578 #4E57B5 #B54E8A

square

#B5AC4E #4EB578 #4E57B5 #B54E8A

split-complementary

#B5AC4E #4E8AB5 #784EB5

monochromatic

#605B28 #8B843A #B5AC4E #C7C079 #D9D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B5AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B5AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC4E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC4E	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc483',
    500: '#b5ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac4e;
$custom-light: #cdc483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73296,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC4E

secondary

#999DC6

accent

#62D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC4E

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

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