#B1AA27#B1AA27

#B1AA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.143 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA27
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -11.96, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 64.06, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.04 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8738, 38.2443, 7.5693)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA27 #272EB1

analogous

#B16527 #B1AA27 #73B127

triadic

#B1AA27 #27B1AA #AA27B1

tetradic

#B1AA27 #27B165 #272EB1 #B12773

square

#B1AA27 #27B165 #272EB1 #B12773

split-complementary

#B1AA27 #2773B1 #6527B1

monochromatic

#4D4A11 #7F7A1C #B1AA27 #D5CD40 #E0DA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B1AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B1AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA27

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA27	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc36d',
    500: '#b1aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa27;
$custom-light: #ccc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA27

secondary

#6D71C7

accent

#49E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA27

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

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