#B5B394#B5B394

#B5B394 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.043 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B394
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 148)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 18.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -4.56, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 16.76, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0106 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.043 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5211, 44.2025, 34.4085)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B394 #9496B5

analogous

#B5A394 #B5B394 #A7B594

triadic

#B5B394 #94B5B3 #B394B5

tetradic

#B5B394 #94B5A3 #9496B5 #B594A7

square

#B5B394 #94B5A3 #9496B5 #B594A7

split-complementary

#B5B394 #94A7B5 #A394B5

monochromatic

#7A7854 #9C9970 #B5B394 #CECDB8 #E7E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B5B394 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B394

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B394	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.043 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9b3',
    500: '#b5b394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b394;
$custom-light: #cbc9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 18.232,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76014,
    "c": 0.04271,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B394

secondary

#CDCDD8

accent

#4E9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B394

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

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