#B5AF4E#B5AF4E

#B5AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.119 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF4E
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -10.59, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 50.65, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0323 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.119 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7623, 41.0349, 13.2430)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF4E #4E54B5

analogous

#B57B4E #B5AF4E #87B54E

triadic

#B5AF4E #4EB5AF #AF4EB5

tetradic

#B5AF4E #4EB57B #4E54B5 #B54E87

square

#B5AF4E #4EB57B #4E54B5 #B54E87

split-complementary

#B5AF4E #4E87B5 #7B4EB5

monochromatic

#605D28 #8B873A #B5AF4E #C7C379 #D9D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B5AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B5AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF4E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF4E	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.119 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc683',
    500: '#b5af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af4e;
$custom-light: #cdc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73945,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF4E

secondary

#999BC6

accent

#5ED157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF4E

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

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