#B1A523#B1A523

#B1A523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.140 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A523
RGB	rgb(177, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -9.50, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 63.63, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0334 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.14 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8914, 36.3801, 6.9320)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A523 #232FB1

analogous

#B15E23 #B1A523 #76B123

triadic

#B1A523 #23B1A5 #A523B1

tetradic

#B1A523 #23B15E #232FB1 #B12376

square

#B1A523 #23B15E #232FB1 #B12376

split-complementary

#B1A523 #2376B1 #5E23B1

monochromatic

#4B460F #7E7519 #B1A523 #D8CB39 #E2D86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B1A523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B1A523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A523

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A523	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.140 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf6a',
    500: '#b1a523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a523;
$custom-light: #ccbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A523

secondary

#6870C8

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A523

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

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