#B1A429#B1A429

#B1A429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.136 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A429
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 76.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -8.74, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 61.43, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0308 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.136 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8086, 36.0595, 7.3821)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A429 #2936B1

analogous

#B16029 #B1A429 #7AB129

triadic

#B1A429 #29B1A4 #A429B1

tetradic

#B1A429 #29B160 #2936B1 #B1297A

square

#B1A429 #29B160 #2936B1 #B1297A

split-complementary

#B1A429 #297AB1 #6029B1

monochromatic

#4E4812 #7F761D #B1A429 #D4C644 #DFD575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B1A429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B1A429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A429

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A429	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)

#B39F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.136 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe6d',
    500: '#b1a429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a429;
$custom-light: #ccbe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A429

secondary

#6F78C7

accent

#52E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A429

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

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