#B1A657#B1A657

#B1A657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A657
RGB	rgb(177, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -6.80, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 42.51, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0202 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4890, 37.3088, 14.4522)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A657 #5762B1

analogous

#B17957 #B1A657 #8FB157

triadic

#B1A657 #57B1A6 #A657B1

tetradic

#B1A657 #57B179 #5762B1 #B1578F

square

#B1A657 #57B179 #5762B1 #B1578F

split-complementary

#B1A657 #578FB1 #7957B1

monochromatic

#615A2D #8A8140 #B1A657 #C4BC81 #D8D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B1A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B1A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A657

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A657	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)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac088',
    500: '#b1a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a657;
$custom-light: #cac088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71755,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A657

secondary

#9EA3C6

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A657

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

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