#B1A023#B1A023

#B1A023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A023
RGB	rgb(177, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -6.86, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 62.09, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.026 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(31.0072, 34.6116, 6.6372)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A023 #2334B1

analogous

#B15923 #B1A023 #7BB123

triadic

#B1A023 #23B1A0 #A023B1

tetradic

#B1A023 #23B159 #2334B1 #B1237B

square

#B1A023 #23B159 #2334B1 #B1237B

split-complementary

#B1A023 #237BB1 #5923B1

monochromatic

#4B440F #7E7219 #B1A023 #D8C539 #E2D46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#B1A023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#B1A023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A023

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A023	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbb6a',
    500: '#b1a023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a023;
$custom-light: #ccbb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69979,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.3461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A023

secondary

#6873C8

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A023

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

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