#B1AA35#B1AA35

#B1AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA35
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -11.33, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 59.21, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0369 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1501, 38.3548, 9.0245)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA35 #353CB1

analogous

#B16C35 #B1AA35 #7AB135

triadic

#B1AA35 #35B1AA #AA35B1

tetradic

#B1AA35 #35B16C #353CB1 #B1357A

square

#B1AA35 #35B16C #353CB1 #B1357A

split-complementary

#B1AA35 #357AB1 #6C35B1

monochromatic

#535019 #827D27 #B1AA35 #CDC657 #DBD686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B1AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B1AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA35

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA35	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)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc374',
    500: '#b1aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa35;
$custom-light: #ccc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72267,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA35

secondary

#7D81C4

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA35

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

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