#B1AE77#B1AE77

#B1AE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.074 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE77
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 32.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -7.55, 28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 29.66, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0196 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.074 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5976, 40.9518, 23.4258)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE77 #777AB1

analogous

#B19177 #B1AE77 #97B177

triadic

#B1AE77 #77B1AE #AE77B1

tetradic

#B1AE77 #77B191 #777AB1 #B17797

square

#B1AE77 #77B191 #777AB1 #B17797

split-complementary

#B1AE77 #7797B1 #9177B1

monochromatic

#6E6C3F #959256 #B1AE77 #C7C59E #DEDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B1AE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B1AE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE77

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE77	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.074 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c69e',
    500: '#b1ae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae77;
$custom-light: #c9c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.07388,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE77

secondary

#B6B8CD

accent

#69C364

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE77

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

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