#B1AA29#B1AA29

#B1AA29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA29
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 76.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -11.88, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 63.43, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0396 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9078, 38.2579, 7.7485)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA29 #2930B1

analogous

#B16629 #B1AA29 #74B129

triadic

#B1AA29 #29B1AA #AA29B1

tetradic

#B1AA29 #29B166 #2930B1 #B12974

square

#B1AA29 #29B166 #2930B1 #B12974

split-complementary

#B1AA29 #2974B1 #6629B1

monochromatic

#4E4B12 #7F7A1D #B1AA29 #D4CC44 #DFDA75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B1AA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B1AA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA29

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA29	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)

#B9A308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc36e',
    500: '#b1aa29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa29;
$custom-light: #ccc36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA29

secondary

#6F74C7

accent

#4BE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA29

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

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