#B5AD5F#B5AD5F

#B5AD5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.100 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AD5F
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 95)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 47.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -8.06, 40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 41.65, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0232 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.1 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0661, 40.5382, 16.7491)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AD5F #5F67B5

analogous

#B5825F #B5AD5F #92B55F

triadic

#B5AD5F #5FB5AD #AD5FB5

tetradic

#B5AD5F #5FB582 #5F67B5 #B55F92

square

#B5AD5F #5FB582 #5F67B5 #B55F92

split-complementary

#B5AD5F #5F92B5 #825FB5

monochromatic

#696431 #938C44 #B5AD5F #C8C289 #DCD8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B5AD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AD5F

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AD5F	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ad5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.100 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc58e',
    500: '#b5ad5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ad5f;
$custom-light: #cdc58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ad5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 36.752,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7373,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AD5F

secondary

#A6A9CA

accent

#66CD5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AD5F

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

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