#B1AA39#B1AA39

#B1AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA39
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -11.11, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 57.64, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0359 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.132 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2460, 38.3932, 9.5295)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA39 #3940B1

analogous

#B16E39 #B1AA39 #7CB139

triadic

#B1AA39 #39B1AA #AA39B1

tetradic

#B1AA39 #39B16E #3940B1 #B1397C

square

#B1AA39 #39B16E #3940B1 #B1397C

split-complementary

#B1AA39 #397CB1 #6E39B1

monochromatic

#54511B #837E2A #B1AA39 #CBC45D #DAD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B1AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B1AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA39

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA39	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)

#B8A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc376',
    500: '#b1aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa39;
$custom-light: #cbc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA39

secondary

#8286C4

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA39

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

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