#B1AE73#B1AE73

#B1AE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.079 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE73
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -8.04, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 31.75, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0213 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.079 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3624, 40.8578, 22.1872)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE73 #7376B1

analogous

#B18F73 #B1AE73 #95B173

triadic

#B1AE73 #73B1AE #AE73B1

tetradic

#B1AE73 #73B18F #7376B1 #B17395

square

#B1AE73 #73B18F #7376B1 #B17395

split-complementary

#B1AE73 #7395B1 #8F73B1

monochromatic

#6D6B3D #949153 #B1AE73 #C7C59A #DDDBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B1AE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B1AE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE73

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE73	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.079 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c69c',
    500: '#b1ae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae73;
$custom-light: #c9c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73921,
    "c": 0.07877,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE73

secondary

#B3B5CC

accent

#68C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE73

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

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