#B1A437#B1A437

#B1A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A437
RGB	rgb(177, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -8.08, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 56.27, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0275 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0979, 36.1752, 8.9055)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A437 #3744B1

analogous

#B16737 #B1A437 #81B137

triadic

#B1A437 #37B1A4 #A437B1

tetradic

#B1A437 #37B167 #3744B1 #B13781

square

#B1A437 #37B167 #3744B1 #B13781

split-complementary

#B1A437 #3781B1 #6737B1

monochromatic

#544D1A #827928 #B1A437 #CCBF5A #DAD188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B1A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B1A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A437

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A437	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe74',
    500: '#b1a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a437;
$custom-light: #ccbe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70977,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A437

secondary

#8087C4

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A437

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

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