#B5B978#B5B978

#B5B978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.086 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B978
RGB	rgb(181, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(64, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 35.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -11.58, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 34.56, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0312 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.086 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7955, 45.8783, 24.5247)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B978 #7C78B9

analogous

#B99C78 #B5B978 #95B978

triadic

#B5B978 #78B5B9 #B978B5

tetradic

#B5B978 #78B99C #7C78B9 #B97895

square

#B5B978 #78B99C #7C78B9 #B97895

split-complementary

#B5B978 #7895B9 #9C78B9

monochromatic

#75783E #9CA153 #B5B978 #CBCEA0 #E1E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B5B978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#B5B978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B978

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B978	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.086 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccce9f',
    500: '#b5b978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b978;
$custom-light: #ccce9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76719,
    "c": 0.08615,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B978

secondary

#BBBAD3

accent

#60C866

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B978

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

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