#B1A228#B1A228

#B1A228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.135 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A228
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -7.73, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 61.12, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.028 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.135 102)
XYZ	xyz(31.4363, 35.3424, 7.1730)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A228 #2837B1

analogous

#B15E28 #B1A228 #7BB128

triadic

#B1A228 #28B1A2 #A228B1

tetradic

#B1A228 #28B15E #2837B1 #B1287B

square

#B1A228 #28B15E #2837B1 #B1287B

split-complementary

#B1A228 #287BB1 #5E28B1

monochromatic

#4D4711 #7F741D #B1A228 #D4C442 #E0D474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#B1A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A228

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A228	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)

#B29D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.135 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd6c',
    500: '#b1a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a228;
$custom-light: #ccbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70439,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.35341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A228

secondary

#6E78C7

accent

#54E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A228

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →