#B1A461#B1A461

#B1A461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.089 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A461
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 45.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -4.76, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 36.67, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0133 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.089 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5654, 36.7622, 16.6347)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A461 #616EB1

analogous

#B17C61 #B1A461 #96B161

triadic

#B1A461 #61B1A4 #A461B1

tetradic

#B1A461 #61B17C #616EB1 #B16196

square

#B1A461 #61B17C #616EB1 #B16196

split-complementary

#B1A461 #6196B1 #7C61B1

monochromatic

#655D32 #8E8346 #B1A461 #C5BC8A #D9D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B1A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B1A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A461

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A461	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.089 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe8f',
    500: '#b1a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a461;
$custom-light: #cabe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71473,
    "c": 0.08882,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A461

secondary

#A6ABC8

accent

#6FCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A461

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

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