#B1A950#B1A950

#B1A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A950
RGB	rgb(177, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 54.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -8.99, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 47.12, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0272 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.112 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7684, 38.3033, 13.2024)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A950 #5058B1

analogous

#B17950 #B1A950 #88B150

triadic

#B1A950 #50B1A9 #A950B1

tetradic

#B1A950 #50B179 #5058B1 #B15088

square

#B1A950 #50B179 #5058B1 #B15088

split-complementary

#B1A950 #5088B1 #7950B1

monochromatic

#5D5929 #87813C #B1A950 #C4BE7A #D7D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B1A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B1A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A950

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A950	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac284',
    500: '#b1a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a950;
$custom-light: #cac284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A950

secondary

#999CC4

accent

#63CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A950

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

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