#B1A535#B1A535

#B1A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A535
RGB	rgb(177, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -8.71, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 57.41, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0295 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2306, 36.5157, 8.7180)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A535 #3541B1

analogous

#B16735 #B1A535 #7FB135

triadic

#B1A535 #35B1A5 #A535B1

tetradic

#B1A535 #35B167 #3541B1 #B1357F

square

#B1A535 #35B167 #3541B1 #B1357F

split-complementary

#B1A535 #357FB1 #6735B1

monochromatic

#534D19 #827927 #B1A535 #CDC157 #DBD286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B1A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B1A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A535

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A535	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf73',
    500: '#b1a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a535;
$custom-light: #ccbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71178,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A535

secondary

#7D84C4

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A535

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

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