#B1A231#B1A231

#B1A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A231
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -7.33, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 57.93, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.026 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6076, 35.4109, 8.0752)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A231 #3140B1

analogous

#B16231 #B1A231 #80B131

triadic

#B1A231 #31B1A2 #A231B1

tetradic

#B1A231 #31B162 #3140B1 #B13180

square

#B1A231 #31B162 #3140B1 #B13180

split-complementary

#B1A231 #3180B1 #6231B1

monochromatic

#514A16 #817624 #B1A231 #CFC051 #DCD180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B1A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A231

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A231	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)

#B19D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd71',
    500: '#b1a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a231;
$custom-light: #ccbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70498,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A231

secondary

#7982C5

accent

#5AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A231

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

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