#B1A232#B1A232

#B1A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A232
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -7.28, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 57.55, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0258 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6289, 35.4195, 8.1876)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A232 #3241B1

analogous

#B16232 #B1A232 #81B132

triadic

#B1A232 #32B1A2 #A232B1

tetradic

#B1A232 #32B162 #3241B1 #B13281

square

#B1A232 #32B162 #3241B1 #B13281

split-complementary

#B1A232 #3281B1 #6232B1

monochromatic

#524B17 #817625 #B1A232 #CEBF52 #DCD182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B1A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A232

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A232	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)

#B19D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd71',
    500: '#b1a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a232;
$custom-light: #ccbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70505,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A232

secondary

#7A83C5

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A232

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

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