#B5B38F#B5B38F

#B5B38F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.049 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B38F
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 143)
HSL	hsl(57, 20%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 21%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -5.32, 18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 19.43, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0127 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.049 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1339, 44.0477, 32.3691)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B38F #8F91B5

analogous

#B5A08F #B5B38F #A4B58F

triadic

#B5B38F #8FB5B3 #B38FB5

tetradic

#B5B38F #8FB5A0 #8F91B5 #B58FA4

square

#B5B38F #8FB5A0 #8F91B5 #B58FA4

split-complementary

#B5B38F #8FA4B5 #A08FB5

monochromatic

#797750 #9D9A6A #B5B38F #CDCCB4 #E6E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B5B38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#B5B38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B38F

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B38F	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.049 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9b0',
    500: '#b5b38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b38f;
$custom-light: #cbc9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 20.43,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75898,
    "c": 0.04934,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B38F

secondary

#C9CAD7

accent

#4B9F47

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B38F

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

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