#B1A233#B1A233

#B1A233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A233
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 71.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -7.23, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 57.17, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0255 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6507, 35.4282, 8.3025)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A233 #3342B1

analogous

#B16333 #B1A233 #81B133

triadic

#B1A233 #33B1A2 #A233B1

tetradic

#B1A233 #33B163 #3342B1 #B13381

square

#B1A233 #33B163 #3342B1 #B13381

split-complementary

#B1A233 #3381B1 #6333B1

monochromatic

#524B18 #817725 #B1A233 #CEBF54 #DBD183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B1A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A233

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A233	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd72',
    500: '#b1a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a233;
$custom-light: #ccbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70513,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A233

secondary

#7B84C5

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A233

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

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