#B5AE7D#B5AE7D

#B5AE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.067 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AE7D
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 27%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 30.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -5.18, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 26.62, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0127 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.067 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.8941, 41.5774, 25.4271)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AE7D #7D84B5

analogous

#B5927D #B5AE7D #A0B57D

triadic

#B5AE7D #7DB5AE #AE7DB5

tetradic

#B5AE7D #7DB592 #7D84B5 #B57DA0

square

#B5AE7D #7DB592 #7D84B5 #B57DA0

split-complementary

#B5AE7D #7DA0B5 #927DB5

monochromatic

#756F43 #9C9459 #B5AE7D #CBC6A4 #E1DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5AE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B5AE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AE7D

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AE7D	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ae7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.067 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc6a3',
    500: '#b5ae7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ae7d;
$custom-light: #ccc6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ae7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 27.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AE7D

secondary

#BCBFD2

accent

#70C464

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AE7D

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

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