#B1AA72#B1AA72

#B1AA72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.075 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA72
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 35.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -6.05, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 30.42, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0156 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.075 102)
XYZ	xyz(35.5439, 39.3123, 21.6320)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA72 #7279B1

analogous

#B18B72 #B1AA72 #99B172

triadic

#B1AA72 #72B1AA #AA72B1

tetradic

#B1AA72 #72B18B #7279B1 #B17299

square

#B1AA72 #72B18B #7279B1 #B17299

split-complementary

#B1AA72 #7299B1 #8B72B1

monochromatic

#6D673C #948D52 #B1AA72 #C7C299 #DDDAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B1AA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B1AA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA72

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA72	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.075 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c39b',
    500: '#b1aa72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa72;
$custom-light: #c9c39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.07534,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA72

secondary

#B3B5CC

accent

#6EC563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA72

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →