#B1A656#B1A656

#B1A656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A656
RGB	rgb(177, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -6.89, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 43.00, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0205 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4484, 37.2926, 14.2386)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A656 #5661B1

analogous

#B17956 #B1A656 #8FB156

triadic

#B1A656 #56B1A6 #A656B1

tetradic

#B1A656 #56B179 #5661B1 #B1568F

square

#B1A656 #56B179 #5661B1 #B1568F

split-complementary

#B1A656 #568FB1 #7956B1

monochromatic

#605A2C #8A8140 #B1A656 #C4BC80 #D8D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B1A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B1A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A656

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A656	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac088',
    500: '#b1a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a656;
$custom-light: #cac088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71742,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A656

secondary

#9DA2C5

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A656

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

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