#B1A359#B1A359

#B1A359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A359
RGB	rgb(177, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -5.02, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 40.32, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0148 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.097 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0328, 36.2640, 14.7089)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A359 #5967B1

analogous

#B17759 #B1A359 #93B159

triadic

#B1A359 #59B1A3 #A359B1

tetradic

#B1A359 #59B177 #5967B1 #B15993

square

#B1A359 #59B177 #5967B1 #B15993

split-complementary

#B1A359 #5993B1 #7759B1

monochromatic

#62592E #8B8041 #B1A359 #C5BA83 #D8D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B1A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B1A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A359

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A359	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe89',
    500: '#b1a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a359;
$custom-light: #cabe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A359

secondary

#A0A6C6

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A359

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

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