#B1A149#B1A149

#B1A149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A149
RGB	rgb(177, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -5.31, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 47.33, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0175 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0801, 35.3192, 11.4295)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A149 #4959B1

analogous

#B16D49 #B1A149 #8DB149

triadic

#B1A149 #49B1A1 #A149B1

tetradic

#B1A149 #49B16D #4959B1 #B1498D

square

#B1A149 #49B16D #4959B1 #B1498D

split-complementary

#B1A149 #498DB1 #6D49B1

monochromatic

#5A5225 #867A37 #B1A149 #C5B872 #D7CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B1A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A149

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A149	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbc7f',
    500: '#b1a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a149;
$custom-light: #cbbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A149

secondary

#929AC3

accent

#69D156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A149

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

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