#B5B388#B5B388

#B5B388 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.058 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B388
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 136)
HSL	hsl(57, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 24.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -6.34, 22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 23.17, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0156 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.058 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6201, 43.8421, 29.6630)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B388 #888AB5

analogous

#B59D88 #B5B388 #A1B588

triadic

#B5B388 #88B5B3 #B388B5

tetradic

#B5B388 #88B59D #888AB5 #B588A1

square

#B5B388 #88B59D #888AB5 #B588A1

split-complementary

#B5B388 #88A1B5 #9D88B5

monochromatic

#78764B #9E9B62 #B5B388 #CCCBAE #E4E3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5B388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B5B388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B388

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B388	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.058 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9ab',
    500: '#b5b388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b388;
$custom-light: #cbc9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 23.316,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.05848,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B388

secondary

#C4C5D5

accent

#48A244

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B388

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

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