#B5AF87#B5AF87

#B5AF87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.055 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AF87
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 24%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 25%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 25.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -4.36, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 21.78, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.01 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.055 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7593, 42.2337, 29.0271)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AF87 #878DB5

analogous

#B59887 #B5AF87 #A4B587

triadic

#B5AF87 #87B5AF #AF87B5

tetradic

#B5AF87 #87B598 #878DB5 #B587A4

square

#B5AF87 #87B598 #878DB5 #B587A4

split-complementary

#B5AF87 #87A4B5 #9887B5

monochromatic

#78724A #9E9661 #B5AF87 #CCC8AD #E4E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5AF87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B5AF87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AF87

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AF87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AF87	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5af87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.055 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6aa',
    500: '#b5af87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5af87;
$custom-light: #cbc6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5af87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 23.711,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.05496,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AF87

secondary

#C3C6D4

accent

#50A243

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AF87

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

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