#B5B090#B5B090

#B5B090 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.044 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B090
RGB	rgb(181, 176, 144)
HSL	hsl(52, 20%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 20%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 20.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -3.58, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 17.44, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0077 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.044 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.6153, 42.8886, 32.5716)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B090 #9095B5

analogous

#B59D90 #B5B090 #A7B590

triadic

#B5B090 #90B5B0 #B090B5

tetradic

#B5B090 #90B59D #9095B5 #B590A7

square

#B5B090 #90B59D #9095B5 #B590A7

split-complementary

#B5B090 #90A7B5 #9D90B5

monochromatic

#7A7451 #9D966B #B5B090 #CDCAB5 #E6E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5B090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B5B090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B090

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B090	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AE8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 176, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.044 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc7b0',
    500: '#b5b090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b090;
$custom-light: #cbc7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75288,
    "c": 0.04437,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.42888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B090

secondary

#CACCD7

accent

#539E47

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B090

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

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