#B1AA46#B1AA46

#B1AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AA46
RGB	rgb(177, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 60.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -10.28, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 52.14, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0321 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.122 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6128, 38.5399, 11.4615)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AA46 #464DB1

analogous

#B17446 #B1AA46 #82B146

triadic

#B1AA46 #46B1AA #AA46B1

tetradic

#B1AA46 #46B174 #464DB1 #B14682

square

#B1AA46 #46B174 #464DB1 #B14682

split-complementary

#B1AA46 #4682B1 #7446B1

monochromatic

#595623 #858035 #B1AA46 #C6C06E #D7D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B1AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B1AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AA46

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AA46	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc37e',
    500: '#b1aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1aa46;
$custom-light: #cbc37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72418,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AA46

secondary

#8F93C3

accent

#5DD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AA46

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

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