#B5B366#B5B366

#B5B366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.099 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B366
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 43.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -10.50, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 40.81, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0295 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.099 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5751, 43.0241, 18.8929)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B366 #6668B5

analogous

#B58B66 #B5B366 #8FB566

triadic

#B5B366 #66B5B3 #B366B5

tetradic

#B5B366 #66B58B #6668B5 #B5668F

square

#B5B366 #66B58B #6668B5 #B5668F

split-complementary

#B5B366 #668FB5 #8B66B5

monochromatic

#6C6B34 #959448 #B5B366 #C9C78F #DDDCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5B366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B5B366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B366

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B366	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.099 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc993',
    500: '#b5b366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b366;
$custom-light: #ccc993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75126,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B366

secondary

#ABACCC

accent

#60CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F1

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B366

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

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