#B1AD53#B1AD53

#B1AD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD53
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -10.83, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 47.38, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0322 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.113 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6373, 39.8598, 14.0511)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD53 #5357B1

analogous

#B17E53 #B1AD53 #86B153

triadic

#B1AD53 #53B1AD #AD53B1

tetradic

#B1AD53 #53B17E #5357B1 #B15386

square

#B1AD53 #53B17E #5357B1 #B15386

split-complementary

#B1AD53 #5386B1 #7E53B1

monochromatic

#5F5C2B #89863E #B1AD53 #C4C17D #D7D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B1AD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD53

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD53	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)

#BAA74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac586',
    500: '#b1ad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad53;
$custom-light: #cac586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD53

secondary

#9B9DC5

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD53

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

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