#B1AA24#B1AA24

#B1AA24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA24
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -12.07, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 64.96, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0405 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8260, 38.2252, 7.3178)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA24 #242BB1

analogous

#B16424 #B1AA24 #72B124

triadic

#B1AA24 #24B1AA #AA24B1

tetradic

#B1AA24 #24B164 #242BB1 #B12472

square

#B1AA24 #24B164 #242BB1 #B12472

split-complementary

#B1AA24 #2472B1 #6424B1

monochromatic

#4B480F #7E791A #B1AA24 #D7CF3B #E1DC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B1AA24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B1AA24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA24

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA24	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc26c',
    500: '#b1aa24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa24;
$custom-light: #ccc26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA24

secondary

#696EC8

accent

#47E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA24

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

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