HEX atlas value

#B5A642

#B5A642 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Brass. RGB 181, 166, 66, HSL 52° 47% 48%, luminance 0.3749; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm earth-tone

#B5A642 Sample readable text

HEX #B5A642

RGB rgb(181, 166, 66)

HSL hsl(52 47% 48%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 64, 29)

Luminance 0.3749

Contrast Black 8.5:1White 2.47:1

CSS

--color-b5a642: #B5A642;
.background-b5a642 { background-color: #B5A642; }
.text-b5a642 { color: #B5A642; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B5A642

#B5A642 is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #B5A642 is visually closest to Brass, a named yellow color with HEX #B5A642.

The RGB channels are 181, 166, and 66, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 52deg with 47% saturation and 48% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.3749, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.5:1AA Pass

White text2.47:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B5A642 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.5:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.47:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D1C680#D1C680 · #000000 text · best 12.1:1 #CFB826#CFB826 · #000000 text · best 10.54:1 Old Gold#CFB53B · #000000 text · best 10.33:1 #8AB441#8AB441 · #000000 text · best 8.69:1 Peru#CD853F · #000000 text · best 7.02:1

Generated Palette

Brushed Brass#B5A642

#4150B4#4150B4

#B46B41#B46B41

#8AB441#8AB441

#D1C680#D1C680

#706729#706729

Color Harmonies

#4150B4#4150B4

#B46B41#B46B41

#8AB441#8AB441

#41B4A5#41B4A5

#A541B4#A541B4

Variants

#D1C680#D1C680

#706729#706729

#CFB826#CFB826

#99915C#99915C

#D0CAA4#D0CAA4

#FFE11F#FFE11F

Nearest Named Colors

Brass#B5A642

Brushed Brass#B5A642

Old Gold#CFB53B

Antique Gold#B08D57

Peru#CD853F

Luminance0.3749

Black text8.5:1AA Pass

White text2.47:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B5A642","rgb":[181,166,66],"hsl":[52,47,48],"cmyk":[0,8,64,29],"luminance":0.3749,"contrast":{"black":8.5,"white":2.47}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.5,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.47,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D1C680","hex":"#D1C680","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.1,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#CFB826","hex":"#CFB826","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.54,"contrastWhite":1.99,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.33,"contrastWhite":2.03,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8AB441","hex":"#8AB441","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.69,"contrastWhite":2.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Peru","hex":"#CD853F","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.02,"contrastWhite":2.99,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Brass adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b5a642.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brass.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/brushed-brass.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/old-gold.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#4150B4","analogous":["#B46B41","#8AB441"],"triadic":["#41B4A5","#A541B4"],"tetradic":["#41B46B","#4150B4","#B4418A"],"splitComplementary":["#418AB4","#6B41B4"],"monochromatic":["#D1C680","#B5A642","#706729"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D1C680","dark":"#706729","saturated":"#CFB826","desaturated":"#99915C","pastel":"#D0CAA4","neon":"#FFE11F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"brass","name":"Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":0},{"slug":"brushed-brass","name":"Brushed Brass","hex":"#B5A642","distance":0},{"slug":"old-gold","name":"Old Gold","hex":"#CFB53B","distance":30.822070014844883},{"slug":"antique-gold","name":"Antique Gold","hex":"#B08D57","distance":33.03028912982749},{"slug":"peru","name":"Peru","hex":"#CD853F","distance":40.91454509095757}]

#B5A642

CSS

About #B5A642

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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