#B5AF72#B5AF72

#B5AF72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.081 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF72
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 31%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 37%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -7.08, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 32.84, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0187 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.081 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4238, 41.6995, 21.9937)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF72 #7278B5

analogous

#B58D72 #B5AF72 #99B572

triadic

#B5AF72 #72B5AF #AF72B5

tetradic

#B5AF72 #72B58D #7278B5 #B57299

square

#B5AF72 #72B58D #7278B5 #B57299

split-complementary

#B5AF72 #7299B5 #8D72B5

monochromatic

#716C3B #999350 #B5AF72 #CAC69A #DFDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B5AF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B5AF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF72

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF72	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.081 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc69b',
    500: '#b5af72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af72;
$custom-light: #ccc69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 31.163,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74462,
    "c": 0.0811,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF72

secondary

#B4B6CF

accent

#6AC760

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF72

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

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