#B1A42C#B1A42C

#B1A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A42C
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -8.62, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 60.41, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0302 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8630, 36.0812, 7.6684)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A42C #2C39B1

analogous

#B1612C #B1A42C #7BB12C

triadic

#B1A42C #2CB1A4 #A42CB1

tetradic

#B1A42C #2CB161 #2C39B1 #B12C7B

square

#B1A42C #2CB161 #2C39B1 #B12C7B

split-complementary

#B1A42C #2C7BB1 #612CB1

monochromatic

#4F4914 #807720 #B1A42C #D2C449 #DED47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B1A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B1A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A42C

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A42C	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe6e',
    500: '#b1a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a42c;
$custom-light: #ccbe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A42C

secondary

#737BC6

accent

#54E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A42C

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

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