#B5B398#B5B398

#B5B398 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.037 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B398
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 152)
HSL	hsl(56, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 16%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -3.94, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 14.61, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0089 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.037 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8432, 44.3314, 36.1049)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B398 #989AB5

analogous

#B5A498 #B5B398 #A8B598

triadic

#B5B398 #98B5B3 #B398B5

tetradic

#B5B398 #98B5A4 #989AB5 #B598A8

square

#B5B398 #98B5A4 #989AB5 #B598A8

split-complementary

#B5B398 #98A8B5 #A498B5

monochromatic

#7B7858 #9B9974 #B5B398 #CFCDBC #E8E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B5B398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B398

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B398	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.037 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9b6',
    500: '#b5b398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b398;
$custom-light: #cbc9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 16.384,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7611,
    "c": 0.03734,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B398

secondary

#D0D0D9

accent

#509B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B398

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

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