#B1AA79#B1AA79

#B1AA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.067 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA79
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 31.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -5.17, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 26.73, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0127 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.067 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.9577, 39.4778, 23.8113)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA79 #7980B1

analogous

#B18E79 #B1AA79 #9CB179

triadic

#B1AA79 #79B1AA #AA79B1

tetradic

#B1AA79 #79B18E #7980B1 #B1799C

square

#B1AA79 #79B18E #7980B1 #B1799C

split-complementary

#B1AA79 #799CB1 #8E79B1

monochromatic

#6F6941 #968E57 #B1AA79 #C8C3A0 #DEDBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B1AA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B1AA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA79

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA79	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.067 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c3a0',
    500: '#b1aa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa79;
$custom-light: #c9c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.06671,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA79

secondary

#B8BBCE

accent

#71C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA79

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

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