#B5B395#B5B395

#B5B395 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.041 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B395
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 149)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 17.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -4.41, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 16.22, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0101 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.041 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6006, 44.2343, 34.8272)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B395 #9597B5

analogous

#B5A395 #B5B395 #A7B595

triadic

#B5B395 #95B5B3 #B395B5

tetradic

#B5B395 #95B5A3 #9597B5 #B595A7

square

#B5B395 #95B5A3 #9597B5 #B595A7

split-complementary

#B5B395 #95A7B5 #A395B5

monochromatic

#7A7855 #9C9971 #B5B395 #CECDB9 #E7E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B5B395 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B395

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B395	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.041 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9b4',
    500: '#b5b395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b395;
$custom-light: #cbc9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 17.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76037,
    "c": 0.04137,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B395

secondary

#CDCED8

accent

#4F9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B395

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

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