#B1AA55#B1AA55

#B1AA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA55
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -9.09, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 45.14, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.027 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.108 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1468, 38.7535, 14.2740)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA55 #555CB1

analogous

#B17C55 #B1AA55 #8AB155

triadic

#B1AA55 #55B1AA #AA55B1

tetradic

#B1AA55 #55B17C #555CB1 #B1558A

square

#B1AA55 #55B17C #555CB1 #B1558A

split-complementary

#B1AA55 #558AB1 #7C55B1

monochromatic

#605C2C #8A843F #B1AA55 #C4BF7F #D7D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B1AA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B1AA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA55

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA55	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)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac387',
    500: '#b1aa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa55;
$custom-light: #cac387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.435,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA55

secondary

#9DA0C5

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA55

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

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