#B1A923#B1A923

#B1A923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.144 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A923
RGB	rgb(177, 169, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -11.58, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 64.92, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0393 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.144 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6242, 37.8457, 7.1762)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A923 #232BB1

analogous

#B16223 #B1A923 #72B123

triadic

#B1A923 #23B1A9 #A923B1

tetradic

#B1A923 #23B162 #232BB1 #B12372

square

#B1A923 #23B162 #232BB1 #B12372

split-complementary

#B1A923 #2372B1 #6223B1

monochromatic

#4B470F #7E7819 #B1A923 #D8CF39 #E2DB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B1A923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B1A923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A923

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A923	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 169, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.144 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc26b',
    500: '#b1a923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a923;
$custom-light: #ccc26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A923

secondary

#686DC8

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A923

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

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