#B1A355#B1A355

#B1A355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.101 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A355
RGB	rgb(177, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -5.38, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 42.30, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0163 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.101 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8694, 36.1986, 13.8482)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A355 #5563B1

analogous

#B17555 #B1A355 #91B155

triadic

#B1A355 #55B1A3 #A355B1

tetradic

#B1A355 #55B175 #5563B1 #B15591

square

#B1A355 #55B175 #5563B1 #B15591

split-complementary

#B1A355 #5591B1 #7555B1

monochromatic

#60582C #8A7E3F #B1A355 #C4BA7F #D7D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B1A355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B1A355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A355

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A355	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.101 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe87',
    500: '#b1a355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a355;
$custom-light: #cabe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A355

secondary

#9DA3C5

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A355

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

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