#B1A42F#B1A42F

#B1A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A42F
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 73.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -8.48, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 59.34, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0295 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9214, 36.1046, 7.9762)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A42F #2F3CB1

analogous

#B1632F #B1A42F #7DB12F

triadic

#B1A42F #2FB1A4 #A42FB1

tetradic

#B1A42F #2FB163 #2F3CB1 #B12F7D

square

#B1A42F #2FB163 #2F3CB1 #B12F7D

split-complementary

#B1A42F #2F7DB1 #632FB1

monochromatic

#504A15 #817722 #B1A42F #D0C34D #DDD37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B1A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B1A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A42F

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A42F	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B39F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe70',
    500: '#b1a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a42f;
$custom-light: #ccbe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70917,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A42F

secondary

#767EC5

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A42F

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

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