#B5B95E#B5B95E

#B5B95E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.115 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B95E
RGB	rgb(181, 185, 94)
HSL	hsl(63, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 49.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -14.38, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 47.51, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0414 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.115 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4261, 45.3306, 17.3130)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B95E #625EB9

analogous

#B98F5E #B5B95E #88B95E

triadic

#B5B95E #5EB5B9 #B95EB5

tetradic

#B5B95E #5EB98F #625EB9 #B95E88

square

#B5B95E #5EB98F #625EB9 #B95E88

split-complementary

#B5B95E #5E88B9 #8F5EB9

monochromatic

#6A6D2F #949842 #B5B95E #C9CC89 #DCDEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B5B95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#B5B95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B95E

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B95E	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 185, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.115 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcd8e',
    500: '#b5b95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b95e;
$custom-light: #cdcd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.637,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B95E

secondary

#A8A6CD

accent

#59CF5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B95E

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

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