#B5B596#B5B596

#B5B596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.043 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B596
RGB	rgb(181, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -5.31, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 16.71, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0127 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.043 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0845, 45.0739, 35.3840)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B596 #9696B5

analogous

#B5A696 #B5B596 #A6B596

triadic

#B5B596 #96B5B5 #B596B5

tetradic

#B5B596 #96B5A6 #9696B5 #B596A6

square

#B5B596 #96B5A6 #9696B5 #B596A6

split-complementary

#B5B596 #96A6B5 #A696B5

monochromatic

#7A7A56 #9C9C72 #B5B596 #CECEBA #E8E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B5B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#B5B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B596

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B596	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.043 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbcbb5',
    500: '#b5b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b596;
$custom-light: #cbcbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.04263,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B596

secondary

#CECED9

accent

#4A9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B596

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

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