#B1A932#B1A932

#B1A932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A932
RGB	rgb(177, 169, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -10.96, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 59.97, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0362 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8965, 37.9546, 8.6101)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A932 #323AB1

analogous

#B16932 #B1A932 #7AB132

triadic

#B1A932 #32B1A9 #A932B1

tetradic

#B1A932 #32B169 #323AB1 #B1327A

square

#B1A932 #32B169 #323AB1 #B1327A

split-complementary

#B1A932 #327AB1 #6932B1

monochromatic

#524E17 #817B25 #B1A932 #CEC652 #DCD682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B1A932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B1A932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A932

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A932	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B8A31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 169, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc272',
    500: '#b1a932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a932;
$custom-light: #ccc272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72027,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A932

secondary

#7A7FC5

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A932

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

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