#B1A139#B1A139
#B1A139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B1A139 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(177, 161, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 51%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 68%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.8%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.85, -6.37, 54.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.85, 54.42, 96.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.35% -0.0224 0.1216) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.35% 0.124 100.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.6162, 35.1337, 8.9862) |
| Luminance | 0.3513 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.04
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.62
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.64
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.65
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 6.26
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B1A139 #3949B1
analogous
#B16539 #B1A139 #85B139
triadic
#B1A139 #39B1A1 #A139B1
tetradic
#B1A139 #39B165 #3949B1 #B13985
square
#B1A139 #39B165 #3949B1 #B13985
split-complementary
#B1A139 #3985B1 #6539B1
monochromatic
#544D1B #83772A #B1A139 #CBBC5D #DACF8B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.62
#B1A139 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.03
#B1A139 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B1A139
8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B1A139 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B1A139 | 1.00 | 2.62 | 8.03 | 8.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09C2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A33F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BE968C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b1a139; /* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 161, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccbc75',
500: '#b1a139',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b1a139; $custom-light: #ccbc75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b1a139",
"rgb": {
"r": 177,
"g": 161,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52,
"s": 51.282,
"l": 45.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70346,
"c": 0.1236,
"h": 100.5
},
"luminance": 0.35132
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B1A139
secondary
#828BC4
accent
#60DB4D
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141209
muted
#82817B