#B19231#B19231

#B19231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.118 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B19231
RGB	rgb(177, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 1.28, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 53.24, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0015 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.118 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9663, 30.1284, 7.1948)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B19231 #3150B1

analogous

#B15231 #B19231 #90B131

triadic

#B19231 #31B192 #9231B1

tetradic

#B19231 #31B152 #3150B1 #B13190

square

#B19231 #31B152 #3150B1 #B13190

split-complementary

#B19231 #3190B1 #5231B1

monochromatic

#514316 #816A24 #B19231 #CFB051 #DCC680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B19231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#B19231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B19231

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B19231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B19231	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b19231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.118 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb16f',
    500: '#b19231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b19231;
$custom-light: #ccb16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b19231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67092,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B19231

secondary

#798BC5

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF5EC

border

#D3CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B19231

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

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