#B1A237#B1A237

#B1A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A237
RGB	rgb(177, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -7.02, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 55.58, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0245 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7428, 35.4650, 8.7871)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A237 #3746B1

analogous

#B16537 #B1A237 #83B137

triadic

#B1A237 #37B1A2 #A237B1

tetradic

#B1A237 #37B165 #3746B1 #B13783

square

#B1A237 #37B165 #3746B1 #B13783

split-complementary

#B1A237 #3783B1 #6537B1

monochromatic

#544D1A #827728 #B1A237 #CCBE5A #DAD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B1A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B1A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A237

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A237	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd74',
    500: '#b1a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a237;
$custom-light: #ccbd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70544,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A237

secondary

#8088C4

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A237

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

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