#B1B059#B1B059

#B1B059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B059
RGB	rgb(177, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -11.86, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 45.82, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0345 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.11 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4608, 41.1199, 15.5182)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B059 #595AB1

analogous

#B18459 #B1B059 #86B159

triadic

#B1B059 #59B1B0 #B059B1

tetradic

#B1B059 #59B184 #595AB1 #B15986

square

#B1B059 #59B184 #595AB1 #B15986

split-complementary

#B1B059 #5986B1 #8459B1

monochromatic

#62612E #8B8A41 #B1B059 #C5C483 #D8D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B1B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B1B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B059

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B059	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac78a',
    500: '#b1b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b059;
$custom-light: #cac78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B059

secondary

#A0A0C6

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B059

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

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