#B1AE87#B1AE87

#B1AE87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.054 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE87
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(56, 21%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 23.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -5.38, 20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 21.16, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0129 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.054 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.6406, 41.3691, 28.9191)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE87 #878AB1

analogous

#B19987 #B1AE87 #9FB187

triadic

#B1AE87 #87B1AE #AE87B1

tetradic

#B1AE87 #87B199 #878AB1 #B1879F

square

#B1AE87 #87B199 #878AB1 #B1879F

split-complementary

#B1AE87 #879FB1 #9987B1

monochromatic

#73704B #989463 #B1AE87 #C9C7AC #E1E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B1AE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B1AE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE87

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE87	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.054 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c6aa',
    500: '#b1ae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae87;
$custom-light: #c8c6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74322,
    "c": 0.05352,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.41368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE87

secondary

#C2C3D2

accent

#4CA046

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE87

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

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