#B1A527#B1A527

#B1A527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.138 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A527
RGB	rgb(177, 165, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -9.35, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 62.40, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0327 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.138 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9543, 36.4052, 7.2628)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A527 #2733B1

analogous

#B16027 #B1A527 #78B127

triadic

#B1A527 #27B1A5 #A527B1

tetradic

#B1A527 #27B160 #2733B1 #B12778

square

#B1A527 #27B160 #2733B1 #B12778

split-complementary

#B1A527 #2778B1 #6027B1

monochromatic

#4D4811 #7F761C #B1A527 #D5C840 #E0D672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B1A527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B1A527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A527

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A527	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)

#B49F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 165, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.138 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf6c',
    500: '#b1a527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a527;
$custom-light: #ccbf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A527

secondary

#6D75C7

accent

#4FE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A527

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

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