#B1A223#B1A223

#B1A223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.138 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A223
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -7.92, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 62.69, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.029 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.138 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3567, 35.3106, 6.7537)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A223 #2332B1

analogous

#B15B23 #B1A223 #79B123

triadic

#B1A223 #23B1A2 #A223B1

tetradic

#B1A223 #23B15B #2332B1 #B12379

square

#B1A223 #23B15B #2332B1 #B12379

split-complementary

#B1A223 #2379B1 #5B23B1

monochromatic

#4B440F #7E7319 #B1A223 #D8C739 #E2D66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B1A223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A223

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A223	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.138 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd6a',
    500: '#b1a223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a223;
$custom-light: #ccbd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70412,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A223

secondary

#6872C8

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A223

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

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