#B1A449#B1A449

#B1A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A449
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -6.90, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 48.44, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0221 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.113 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6107, 36.3803, 11.6064)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A449 #4956B1

analogous

#B17049 #B1A449 #8AB149

triadic

#B1A449 #49B1A4 #A449B1

tetradic

#B1A449 #49B170 #4956B1 #B1498A

square

#B1A449 #49B170 #4956B1 #B1498A

split-complementary

#B1A449 #498AB1 #7049B1

monochromatic

#5A5425 #867C37 #B1A449 #C5BB72 #D7D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B1A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B1A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A449

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A449	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe7f',
    500: '#b1a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a449;
$custom-light: #cbbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71151,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A449

secondary

#9299C3

accent

#66D156

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A449

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

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