#B1A159#B1A159

#B1A159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.095 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A159
RGB	rgb(177, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -3.95, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 39.54, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0117 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.095 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6805, 35.5594, 14.5915)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A159 #5969B1

analogous

#B17559 #B1A159 #95B159

triadic

#B1A159 #59B1A1 #A159B1

tetradic

#B1A159 #59B175 #5969B1 #B15995

square

#B1A159 #59B175 #5969B1 #B15995

split-complementary

#B1A159 #5995B1 #7559B1

monochromatic

#62582E #8B7E41 #B1A159 #C5B983 #D8D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B1A159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#B1A159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A159

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A159	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.095 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabc89',
    500: '#b1a159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a159;
$custom-light: #cabc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70713,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A159

secondary

#A0A7C6

accent

#70CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A159

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

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