#B1A259#B1A259

#B1A259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.096 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A259
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -4.48, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 39.93, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0133 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.096 98)
XYZ	xyz(32.8560, 35.9103, 14.6499)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A259 #5968B1

analogous

#B17659 #B1A259 #94B159

triadic

#B1A259 #59B1A2 #A259B1

tetradic

#B1A259 #59B176 #5968B1 #B15994

square

#B1A259 #59B176 #5968B1 #B15994

split-complementary

#B1A259 #5994B1 #7659B1

monochromatic

#62592E #8B7F41 #B1A259 #C5B983 #D8D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B1A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B1A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A259

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A259	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.096 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd89',
    500: '#b1a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a259;
$custom-light: #cabd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70926,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.35909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A259

secondary

#A0A6C6

accent

#6FCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A259

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

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