#B1AE6B#B1AE6B

#B1AE6B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.088 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE6B
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 31%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 39.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -8.98, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 35.90, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0245 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.088 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9219, 40.6816, 19.8671)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE6B #6B6EB1

analogous

#B18B6B #B1AE6B #91B16B

triadic

#B1AE6B #6BB1AE #AE6BB1

tetradic

#B1AE6B #6BB18B #6B6EB1 #B16B91

square

#B1AE6B #6BB18B #6B6EB1 #B16B91

split-complementary

#B1AE6B #6B91B1 #8B6BB1

monochromatic

#6A6838 #928F4D #B1AE6B #C6C493 #DBDABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B1AE6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B1AE6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE6B

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE6B	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.088 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c696',
    500: '#b1ae6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae6b;
$custom-light: #c9c696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 30.973,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73783,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE6B

secondary

#ADAFCA

accent

#65C761

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE6B

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

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