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#B5B37E

#B5B37Eoklch(0.7554 0.0712 106.2)

#B5B37E (#B5B37E) is a light muted yellow, closest to the CSS color darkkhaki. In OKLCH it has lightness 75.5%, chroma 0.071 and hue 106.2°; its relative luminance is 43.6%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 61, WCAG 9.71:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.4).

#B5B37E in every format

HEX#B5B37E
RGBrgb(181 179 126)
HSLhsl(57.8 27.1% 60.2%)
HSB / HSVhsb(57.8 30.4% 71.0%)
HWBhwb(57.8 49.4% 29.0%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(0/1/30/29)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(32/21/57/5)
CIELAB (D50)lab(72.14 -5.46 27.43)
LChlch(72.14 27.97 101.3)
OKLaboklab(0.7554 -0.0198 0.0684)
OKLCHoklch(0.7554 0.0712 106.2)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.38941 0.43571 0.26098)
CIE xyYxyY(0.3585 0.4012 0.4357)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.7084 0.7022 0.5174)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.46208 0.45079 0.20864)
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Text on #B5B37E

White textWCAG 2.16:1 · APCA Lc 47
Black textWCAG 9.71:1 · APCA Lc 61

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#B5B37Enormal
#BCAF7Aprotanopia
#BDB280deuteranopia
#BDACA5tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#F4F2BB
#DDDBA5
#C3C18C
#AAA873
#918F5C
#7A7744
#63602E
#4D4A16
#383500
#242000
#110E00

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#B5B37E
#ABAADB
Analogous
#B5B37E
#CAAA7D
#9BBA8E
Triadic
#B5B37E
#7EB9D2
#D29EB9
Split complementary
#B5B37E
#92B2DD
#C2A2CE
Tetradic
#B5B37E
#77BEBE
#ABAADB
#D99EA0

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Palettes with #B5B37E

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