#B1A529#B1A529

#B1A529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A529
RGB	rgb(177, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 76.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -9.27, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 61.75, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0323 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.137 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9883, 36.4188, 7.4420)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A529 #2935B1

analogous

#B16129 #B1A529 #79B129

triadic

#B1A529 #29B1A5 #A529B1

tetradic

#B1A529 #29B161 #2935B1 #B12979

square

#B1A529 #29B161 #2935B1 #B12979

split-complementary

#B1A529 #2979B1 #6129B1

monochromatic

#4E4812 #7F771D #B1A529 #D4C744 #DFD675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B1A529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B1A529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A529

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A529	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)

#B49F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf6d',
    500: '#b1a529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a529;
$custom-light: #ccbf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71096,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A529

secondary

#6F77C7

accent

#51E542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A529

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

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