#B1A230#B1A230

#B1A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A230
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -7.38, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 58.31, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0263 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5867, 35.4026, 7.9653)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A230 #303FB1

analogous

#B16230 #B1A230 #80B130

triadic

#B1A230 #30B1A2 #A230B1

tetradic

#B1A230 #30B162 #303FB1 #B13080

square

#B1A230 #30B162 #303FB1 #B13080

split-complementary

#B1A230 #3080B1 #6230B1

monochromatic

#514A16 #817623 #B1A230 #CFC04F #DCD17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B1A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A230

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A230	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd70',
    500: '#b1a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a230;
$custom-light: #ccbd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A230

secondary

#7881C5

accent

#59E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A230

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

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