#B1A353#B1A353

#B1A353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A353
RGB	rgb(177, 163, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -5.56, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 43.28, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0171 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7911, 36.1673, 13.4356)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A353 #5361B1

analogous

#B17453 #B1A353 #90B153

triadic

#B1A353 #53B1A3 #A353B1

tetradic

#B1A353 #53B174 #5361B1 #B15390

square

#B1A353 #53B174 #5361B1 #B15390

split-complementary

#B1A353 #5390B1 #7453B1

monochromatic

#5F572B #897E3E #B1A353 #C4BA7D #D7D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B1A353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B1A353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A353

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A353	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 163, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe85',
    500: '#b1a353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a353;
$custom-light: #cabe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A353

secondary

#9BA1C5

accent

#6BCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A353

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

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