#B1A427#B1A427

#B1A427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A427
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -8.82, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 62.08, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0312 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.137 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7746, 36.0459, 7.2029)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A427 #2734B1

analogous

#B15F27 #B1A427 #79B127

triadic

#B1A427 #27B1A4 #A427B1

tetradic

#B1A427 #27B15F #2734B1 #B12779

square

#B1A427 #27B15F #2734B1 #B12779

split-complementary

#B1A427 #2779B1 #5F27B1

monochromatic

#4D4711 #7F761C #B1A427 #D5C740 #E0D672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B1A427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B1A427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A427

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A427	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe6c',
    500: '#b1a427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a427;
$custom-light: #ccbe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70867,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A427

secondary

#6D75C7

accent

#51E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A427

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

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