#B1AA5D#B1AA5D

#B1AA5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.099 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA5D
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 47.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -8.35, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 41.20, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.024 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.099 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.4828, 38.8879, 16.0435)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA5D #5D64B1

analogous

#B1805D #B1AA5D #8EB15D

triadic

#B1AA5D #5DB1AA #AA5DB1

tetradic

#B1AA5D #5DB180 #5D64B1 #B15D8E

square

#B1AA5D #5DB180 #5D64B1 #B15D8E

split-complementary

#B1AA5D #5D8EB1 #805DB1

monochromatic

#645F30 #8D8744 #B1AA5D #C5C086 #D9D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B1AA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B1AA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA5D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA5D	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.099 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac38c',
    500: '#b1aa5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa5d;
$custom-light: #cac38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72702,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA5D

secondary

#A3A6C7

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA5D

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

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