#B1A226#B1A226

#B1A226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A226
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -7.81, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 61.77, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0284 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(31.4031, 35.3291, 6.9984)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A226 #2635B1

analogous

#B15C26 #B1A226 #7BB126

triadic

#B1A226 #26B1A2 #A226B1

tetradic

#B1A226 #26B15C #2635B1 #B1267B

square

#B1A226 #26B15C #2635B1 #B1267B

split-complementary

#B1A226 #267BB1 #5C26B1

monochromatic

#4C4610 #7F741B #B1A226 #D6C53F #E0D471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B1A226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A226

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A226	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd6b',
    500: '#b1a226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a226;
$custom-light: #ccbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70428,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.35328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A226

secondary

#6B75C7

accent

#52E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A226

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

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