#B1A827#B1A827

#B1A827 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	#B1A827
RGB	rgb(177, 168, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -10.92, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 63.39, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0371 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.141 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5017, 37.5001, 7.4453)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A827 #2730B1

analogous

#B16327 #B1A827 #75B127

triadic

#B1A827 #27B1A8 #A827B1

tetradic

#B1A827 #27B163 #2730B1 #B12775

square

#B1A827 #27B163 #2730B1 #B12775

split-complementary

#B1A827 #2775B1 #6327B1

monochromatic

#4D4911 #7F781C #B1A827 #D5CB40 #E0D972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B1A827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B1A827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A827

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A827	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)

#B7A203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 168, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.141 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc16d',
    500: '#b1a827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a827;
$custom-light: #ccc16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A827

secondary

#6D73C7

accent

#4CE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A827

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

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