#B5B28A#B5B28A

#B5B28A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.055 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B28A
RGB	rgb(181, 178, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 23.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -5.52, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 21.61, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0133 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.055 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5638, 43.5001, 30.3520)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B28A #8A8DB5

analogous

#B59C8A #B5B28A #A2B58A

triadic

#B5B28A #8AB5B2 #B28AB5

tetradic

#B5B28A #8AB59C #8A8DB5 #B58AA2

square

#B5B28A #8AB59C #8A8DB5 #B58AA2

split-complementary

#B5B28A #8AA2B5 #9C8AB5

monochromatic

#78754C #9D9965 #B5B28A #CDCBAF #E4E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B5B28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B5B28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B28A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B28A	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB18B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 178, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.055 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9ac',
    500: '#b5b28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b28a;
$custom-light: #cbc9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75575,
    "c": 0.05465,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B28A

secondary

#C6C7D5

accent

#4BA145

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B28A

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

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