#B1AA33#B1AA33

#B1AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.136 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA33
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 71.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -11.43, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 59.96, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0374 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.1050, 38.3368, 8.7872)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA33 #333AB1

analogous

#B16B33 #B1AA33 #79B133

triadic

#B1AA33 #33B1AA #AA33B1

tetradic

#B1AA33 #33B16B #333AB1 #B13379

square

#B1AA33 #33B16B #333AB1 #B13379

split-complementary

#B1AA33 #3379B1 #6B33B1

monochromatic

#524F18 #817C25 #B1AA33 #CEC754 #DBD683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B1AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B1AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA33

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA33	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc373',
    500: '#b1aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa33;
$custom-light: #ccc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA33

secondary

#7B7FC5

accent

#52DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA33

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

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