#B1A627#B1A627

#B1A627 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A627
RGB	rgb(177, 166, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -9.87, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 62.73, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0342 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1353, 36.7674, 7.3232)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A627 #2732B1

analogous

#B16127 #B1A627 #77B127

triadic

#B1A627 #27B1A6 #A627B1

tetradic

#B1A627 #27B161 #2732B1 #B12777

square

#B1A627 #27B161 #2732B1 #B12777

split-complementary

#B1A627 #2777B1 #6127B1

monochromatic

#4D4811 #7F771C #B1A627 #D5C940 #E0D772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B1A627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B1A627 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A627

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A627	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 166, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc06c',
    500: '#b1a627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a627;
$custom-light: #ccc06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71302,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A627

secondary

#6D74C7

accent

#4EE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A627

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

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