#B1A85E#B1A85E

#B1A85E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.096 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A85E
RGB	rgb(177, 168, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 46.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -7.19, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 39.85, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0206 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.096 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1553, 38.1616, 16.1542)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A85E #5E67B1

analogous

#B17E5E #B1A85E #90B15E

triadic

#B1A85E #5EB1A8 #A85EB1

tetradic

#B1A85E #5EB17E #5E67B1 #B15E90

square

#B1A85E #5EB17E #5E67B1 #B15E90

split-complementary

#B1A85E #5E90B1 #7E5EB1

monochromatic

#645F30 #8D8544 #B1A85E #C5BE87 #D9D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B1A85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B1A85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A85E

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A85E	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 168, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.096 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac18d',
    500: '#b1a85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a85e;
$custom-light: #cac18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.494,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A85E

secondary

#A4A7C7

accent

#69CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A85E

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

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