#B1A826#B1A826

#B1A826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.141 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A826
RGB	rgb(177, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -10.96, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 63.70, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0373 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.141 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4854, 37.4936, 7.3592)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A826 #262FB1

analogous

#B16326 #B1A826 #75B126

triadic

#B1A826 #26B1A8 #A826B1

tetradic

#B1A826 #26B163 #262FB1 #B12675

square

#B1A826 #26B163 #262FB1 #B12675

split-complementary

#B1A826 #2675B1 #6326B1

monochromatic

#4C4810 #7F781B #B1A826 #D6CC3F #E0D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B1A826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B1A826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A826

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A826	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)

#BBA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.141 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc16c',
    500: '#b1a826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a826;
$custom-light: #ccc16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71734,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A826

secondary

#6B71C7

accent

#4BE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A826

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

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