#B1A42E#B1A42E

#B1A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.134 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A42E
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -8.53, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 59.70, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0297 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.134 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9015, 36.0966, 7.8712)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A42E #2E3BB1

analogous

#B1622E #B1A42E #7CB12E

triadic

#B1A42E #2EB1A4 #A42EB1

tetradic

#B1A42E #2EB162 #2E3BB1 #B12E7C

square

#B1A42E #2EB162 #2E3BB1 #B12E7C

split-complementary

#B1A42E #2E7CB1 #622EB1

monochromatic

#504A15 #807721 #B1A42E #D0C34C #DDD37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B1A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B1A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A42E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A42E	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)

#B39F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.134 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe6f',
    500: '#b1a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a42e;
$custom-light: #ccbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7091,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A42E

secondary

#757DC6

accent

#55E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A42E

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

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