#B1994E#B1994E

#B1994E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.099 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1994E
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -0.60, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 42.18, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0033 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.099 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8991, 32.6811, 11.8868)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1994E #4E66B1

analogous

#B1684E #B1994E #97B14E

triadic

#B1994E #4EB199 #994EB1

tetradic

#B1994E #4EB168 #4E66B1 #B14E97

square

#B1994E #4EB168 #4E66B1 #B14E97

split-complementary

#B1994E #4E97B1 #684EB1

monochromatic

#5C5029 #87743B #B1994E #C4B178 #D6CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B1994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#B1994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1994E

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1994E	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.099 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb682',
    500: '#b1994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1994e;
$custom-light: #cbb682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68867,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1994E

secondary

#97A2C4

accent

#76CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1994E

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

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