#B1A225#B1A225

#B1A225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A225
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -7.84, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 62.08, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0286 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3872, 35.3228, 6.9146)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A225 #2534B1

analogous

#B15C25 #B1A225 #7AB125

triadic

#B1A225 #25B1A2 #A225B1

tetradic

#B1A225 #25B15C #2534B1 #B1257A

square

#B1A225 #25B15C #2534B1 #B1257A

split-complementary

#B1A225 #257AB1 #5C25B1

monochromatic

#4C4510 #7E741A #B1A225 #D6C63D #E1D56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B1A225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A225

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A225	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)

#B29D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd6b',
    500: '#b1a225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a225;
$custom-light: #ccbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70422,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A225

secondary

#6A74C8

accent

#52E83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A225

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

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