#B5B399#B5B399

#B5B399 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.036 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B399
RGB	rgb(181, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 15.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -3.78, 13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 14.07, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0085 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.036 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9255, 44.3643, 36.5380)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B399 #999BB5

analogous

#B5A599 #B5B399 #A9B599

triadic

#B5B399 #99B5B3 #B399B5

tetradic

#B5B399 #99B5A5 #999BB5 #B599A9

square

#B5B399 #99B5A5 #999BB5 #B599A9

split-complementary

#B5B399 #99A9B5 #A599B5

monochromatic

#7B7859 #9B9976 #B5B399 #CFCDBC #E8E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5B399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B5B399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B399

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B399	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)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.036 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc9b7',
    500: '#b5b399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b399;
$custom-light: #cbc9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 15.909,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76134,
    "c": 0.03599,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B399

secondary

#D0D1DA

accent

#519A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B399

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

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