#B1AA44#B1AA44

#B1AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.123 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA44
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -10.42, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 53.02, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0327 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.123 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5507, 38.5151, 11.1346)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA44 #444BB1

analogous

#B17344 #B1AA44 #81B144

triadic

#B1AA44 #44B1AA #AA44B1

tetradic

#B1AA44 #44B173 #444BB1 #B14481

square

#B1AA44 #44B173 #444BB1 #B14481

split-complementary

#B1AA44 #4481B1 #7344B1

monochromatic

#595522 #858033 #B1AA44 #C6C16C #D7D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B1AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B1AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA44

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA44	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.123 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc37c',
    500: '#b1aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa44;
$custom-light: #cbc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA44

secondary

#8D91C3

accent

#5CD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA44

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

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