#B1A930#B1A930

#B1A930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A930
RGB	rgb(177, 169, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -11.06, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 60.70, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0366 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8543, 37.9377, 8.3878)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A930 #3038B1

analogous

#B16930 #B1A930 #79B130

triadic

#B1A930 #30B1A9 #A930B1

tetradic

#B1A930 #30B169 #3038B1 #B13079

square

#B1A930 #30B169 #3038B1 #B13079

split-complementary

#B1A930 #3079B1 #6930B1

monochromatic

#514D16 #817B23 #B1A930 #CFC74F #DCD77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B1A930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B1A930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A930

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A930	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 169, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc271',
    500: '#b1a930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a930;
$custom-light: #ccc271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A930

secondary

#787CC5

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A930

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

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