#B1A727#B1A727

#B1A727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A727
RGB	rgb(177, 167, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -10.40, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 63.06, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0356 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3178, 37.1323, 7.3840)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A727 #2731B1

analogous

#B16227 #B1A727 #76B127

triadic

#B1A727 #27B1A7 #A727B1

tetradic

#B1A727 #27B162 #2731B1 #B12776

square

#B1A727 #27B162 #2731B1 #B12776

split-complementary

#B1A727 #2776B1 #6227B1

monochromatic

#4D4811 #7F781C #B1A727 #D5CA40 #E0D872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B1A727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#B1A727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A727

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A727	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 167, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc06c',
    500: '#b1a727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a727;
$custom-light: #ccc06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A727

secondary

#6D73C7

accent

#4DE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A727

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

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