#B1A459#B1A459

#B1A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A459
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -5.55, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 40.71, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0164 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2111, 36.6205, 14.7683)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A459 #5966B1

analogous

#B17859 #B1A459 #92B159

triadic

#B1A459 #59B1A4 #A459B1

tetradic

#B1A459 #59B178 #5966B1 #B15992

square

#B1A459 #59B178 #5966B1 #B15992

split-complementary

#B1A459 #5992B1 #7859B1

monochromatic

#625A2E #8B8041 #B1A459 #C5BB83 #D8D2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B1A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B1A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A459

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A459	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe89',
    500: '#b1a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a459;
$custom-light: #cabe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71354,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A459

secondary

#A0A5C6

accent

#6CCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A459

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

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