#B1AA87#B1AA87

#B1AA87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.049 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA87
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 24%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 23.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -3.25, 18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 19.27, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0068 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.049 98)
XYZ	xyz(36.8794, 39.8465, 28.6654)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA87 #878EB1

analogous

#B19587 #B1AA87 #A3B187

triadic

#B1AA87 #87B1AA #AA87B1

tetradic

#B1AA87 #87B195 #878EB1 #B187A3

square

#B1AA87 #87B195 #878EB1 #B187A3

split-complementary

#B1AA87 #87A3B1 #9587B1

monochromatic

#736C4B #988F63 #B1AA87 #C9C4AC #E1DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AA87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B1AA87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA87

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA87	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.049 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c3aa',
    500: '#b1aa87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa87;
$custom-light: #c8c3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73473,
    "c": 0.04882,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA87

secondary

#C2C5D2

accent

#55A046

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA87

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

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