#B1A825#B1A825

#B1A825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A825
RGB	rgb(177, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -10.99, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 64.00, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0375 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4695, 37.4872, 7.2753)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A825 #252EB1

analogous

#B16225 #B1A825 #74B125

triadic

#B1A825 #25B1A8 #A825B1

tetradic

#B1A825 #25B162 #252EB1 #B12574

square

#B1A825 #25B162 #252EB1 #B12574

split-complementary

#B1A825 #2574B1 #6225B1

monochromatic

#4C4810 #7E781A #B1A825 #D6CD3D #E1DA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B1A825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B1A825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A825

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A825	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc16c',
    500: '#b1a825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a825;
$custom-light: #ccc16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A825

secondary

#6A70C8

accent

#4AE83F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A825

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

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