#B1A462#B1A462

#B1A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.088 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A462
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 44.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -4.66, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 36.15, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0129 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.088 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6124, 36.7810, 16.8818)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A462 #626FB1

analogous

#B17D62 #B1A462 #97B162

triadic

#B1A462 #62B1A4 #A462B1

tetradic

#B1A462 #62B17D #626FB1 #B16297

square

#B1A462 #62B17D #626FB1 #B16297

split-complementary

#B1A462 #6297B1 #7D62B1

monochromatic

#665E33 #8F8347 #B1A462 #C5BC8B #DAD3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B1A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B1A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A462

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A462	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.088 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe90',
    500: '#b1a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a462;
$custom-light: #cabe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.127,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71489,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A462

secondary

#A7ACC8

accent

#70CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A462

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

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