#B1A42A#B1A42A

#B1A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A42A
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -8.70, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 61.09, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0306 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(31.8263, 36.0666, 7.4752)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A42A #2A37B1

analogous

#B1602A #B1A42A #7BB12A

triadic

#B1A42A #2AB1A4 #A42AB1

tetradic

#B1A42A #2AB160 #2A37B1 #B12A7B

square

#B1A42A #2AB160 #2A37B1 #B12A7B

split-complementary

#B1A42A #2A7BB1 #602AB1

monochromatic

#4E4813 #80761E #B1A42A #D3C545 #DFD577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B1A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B1A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A42A

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A42A	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)

#B39F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe6d',
    500: '#b1a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a42a;
$custom-light: #ccbe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70885,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.36065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A42A

secondary

#7079C6

accent

#53E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A42A

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

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