#B1AA38#B1AA38

#B1AA38 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 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA38
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -11.17, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 58.04, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0361 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.133 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2213, 38.3833, 9.3994)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA38 #383FB1

analogous

#B16D38 #B1AA38 #7BB138

triadic

#B1AA38 #38B1AA #AA38B1

tetradic

#B1AA38 #38B16D #383FB1 #B1387B

square

#B1AA38 #38B16D #383FB1 #B1387B

split-complementary

#B1AA38 #387BB1 #6D38B1

monochromatic

#54511B #837D29 #B1AA38 #CBC55B #DAD58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B1AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B1AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA38

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA38	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc375',
    500: '#b1aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa38;
$custom-light: #ccc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA38

secondary

#8185C4

accent

#55DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA38

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

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