#B1AA37#B1AA37

#B1AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA37
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -11.22, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 58.43, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0364 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.133 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1971, 38.3736, 9.2719)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA37 #373EB1

analogous

#B16D37 #B1AA37 #7BB137

triadic

#B1AA37 #37B1AA #AA37B1

tetradic

#B1AA37 #37B16D #373EB1 #B1377B

square

#B1AA37 #37B16D #373EB1 #B1377B

split-complementary

#B1AA37 #377BB1 #6D37B1

monochromatic

#54501A #827D28 #B1AA37 #CCC55A #DAD588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B1AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B1AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA37

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA37	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc375',
    500: '#b1aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa37;
$custom-light: #ccc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72283,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA37

secondary

#8084C4

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA37

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

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