#B1A855#B1A855

#B1A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A855
RGB	rgb(177, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -8.04, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 44.31, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0239 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.106 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7748, 38.0094, 14.1500)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A855 #555EB1

analogous

#B17A55 #B1A855 #8CB155

triadic

#B1A855 #55B1A8 #A855B1

tetradic

#B1A855 #55B17A #555EB1 #B1558C

square

#B1A855 #55B17A #555EB1 #B1558C

split-complementary

#B1A855 #558CB1 #7A55B1

monochromatic

#605B2C #8A823F #B1A855 #C4BD7F #D7D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B1A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B1A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A855

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A855	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac187',
    500: '#b1a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a855;
$custom-light: #cac187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A855

secondary

#9DA1C5

accent

#66CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A855

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

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