#B1AA32#B1AA32

#B1AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA32
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -11.48, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 60.33, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0376 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.0832, 38.3281, 8.6724)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA32 #3239B1

analogous

#B16B32 #B1AA32 #79B132

triadic

#B1AA32 #32B1AA #AA32B1

tetradic

#B1AA32 #32B16B #3239B1 #B13279

square

#B1AA32 #32B16B #3239B1 #B13279

split-complementary

#B1AA32 #3279B1 #6B32B1

monochromatic

#524E17 #817C25 #B1AA32 #CEC752 #DCD782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B1AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B1AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA32

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA32	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc372',
    500: '#b1aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa32;
$custom-light: #ccc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.38327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA32

secondary

#7A7EC5

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA32

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

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