#B1A142#B1A142

#B1A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A142
RGB	rgb(177, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -5.81, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 50.54, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0198 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8610, 35.2316, 10.2753)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A142 #4252B1

analogous

#B16942 #B1A142 #8AB142

triadic

#B1A142 #42B1A1 #A142B1

tetradic

#B1A142 #42B169 #4252B1 #B1428A

square

#B1A142 #42B169 #4252B1 #B1428A

split-complementary

#B1A142 #428AB1 #6942B1

monochromatic

#585021 #847831 #B1A142 #C7BA69 #D8CE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B1A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B1A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A142

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A142	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbc7a',
    500: '#b1a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a142;
$custom-light: #cbbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7043,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A142

secondary

#8B93C3

accent

#65D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A142

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

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