#B1A423#B1A423

#B1A423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A423
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -8.97, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 63.31, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.032 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7118, 36.0208, 6.8721)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A423 #2330B1

analogous

#B15D23 #B1A423 #77B123

triadic

#B1A423 #23B1A4 #A423B1

tetradic

#B1A423 #23B15D #2330B1 #B12377

square

#B1A423 #23B15D #2330B1 #B12377

split-complementary

#B1A423 #2377B1 #5D23B1

monochromatic

#4B450F #7E7519 #B1A423 #D8C939 #E2D76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B1A423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#B1A423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A423

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A423	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A42E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe6a',
    500: '#b1a423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a423;
$custom-light: #ccbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70846,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A423

secondary

#6870C8

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A423

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

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