#B1A879#B1A879

#B1A879 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.065 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A879
RGB	rgb(177, 168, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 31.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -4.10, 25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 25.83, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0096 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.065 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5856, 38.7337, 23.6872)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A879 #7982B1

analogous

#B18C79 #B1A879 #9EB179

triadic

#B1A879 #79B1A8 #A879B1

tetradic

#B1A879 #79B18C #7982B1 #B1799E

square

#B1A879 #79B18C #7982B1 #B1799E

split-complementary

#B1A879 #799EB1 #8C79B1

monochromatic

#6F6841 #968C57 #B1A879 #C8C1A0 #DEDAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B1A879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B1A879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A879

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A879	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 168, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.065 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c1a0',
    500: '#b1a879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a879;
$custom-light: #c9c1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A879

secondary

#B8BBCE

accent

#74C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A879

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

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