#B1A235#B1A235

#B1A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A235
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -7.13, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 56.38, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.025 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6958, 35.4462, 8.5397)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A235 #3544B1

analogous

#B16435 #B1A235 #82B135

triadic

#B1A235 #35B1A2 #A235B1

tetradic

#B1A235 #35B164 #3544B1 #B13582

square

#B1A235 #35B164 #3544B1 #B13582

split-complementary

#B1A235 #3582B1 #6435B1

monochromatic

#534C19 #827727 #B1A235 #CDBE57 #DBD086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B1A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B1A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A235

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A235	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)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd73',
    500: '#b1a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a235;
$custom-light: #ccbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A235

secondary

#7D86C4

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A235

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

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