#B1AC38#B1AC38

#B1AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.134 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AC38
RGB	rgb(177, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -12.20, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 58.79, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.039 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.134 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5990, 39.1388, 9.5253)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AC38 #383DB1

analogous

#B17038 #B1AC38 #79B138

triadic

#B1AC38 #38B1AC #AC38B1

tetradic

#B1AC38 #38B170 #383DB1 #B13879

square

#B1AC38 #38B170 #383DB1 #B13879

split-complementary

#B1AC38 #3879B1 #7038B1

monochromatic

#54521B #837F29 #B1AC38 #CBC75B #DAD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B1AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B1AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AC38

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AC38	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.134 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc476',
    500: '#b1ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ac38;
$custom-light: #ccc476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AC38

secondary

#8184C4

accent

#52DB4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AC38

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

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