#B1AE5D#B1AE5D

#B1AE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE5D
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 47.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -10.45, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 42.96, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.03 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.104 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2441, 40.4104, 16.2972)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE5D #5D60B1

analogous

#B1845D #B1AE5D #8AB15D

triadic

#B1AE5D #5DB1AE #AE5DB1

tetradic

#B1AE5D #5DB184 #5D60B1 #B15D8A

square

#B1AE5D #5DB184 #5D60B1 #B15D8A

split-complementary

#B1AE5D #5D8AB1 #845DB1

monochromatic

#646230 #8D8A44 #B1AE5D #C5C386 #D9D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B1AE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B1AE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE5D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE5D	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac68d',
    500: '#b1ae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae5d;
$custom-light: #cac68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73568,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE5D

secondary

#A3A4C7

accent

#61CB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE5D

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

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