#B1A927#B1A927

#B1A927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.142 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A927
RGB	rgb(177, 169, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -11.44, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 63.72, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0385 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.142 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6870, 37.8708, 7.5071)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A927 #272FB1

analogous

#B16427 #B1A927 #74B127

triadic

#B1A927 #27B1A9 #A927B1

tetradic

#B1A927 #27B164 #272FB1 #B12774

square

#B1A927 #27B164 #272FB1 #B12774

split-complementary

#B1A927 #2774B1 #6427B1

monochromatic

#4D4911 #7F791C #B1A927 #D5CC40 #E0DA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B1A927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B1A927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A927

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A927	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)

#B8A302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 169, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.142 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc26d',
    500: '#b1a927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a927;
$custom-light: #ccc26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71958,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A927

secondary

#6D72C7

accent

#4BE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A927

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

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