#B1AE14#B1AE14

#B1AE14 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.154 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE14
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 20)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 89%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 88.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -14.57, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 70.08, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0485 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.154 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3952, 39.6709, 6.5598)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE14 #1417B1

analogous

#B16014 #B1AE14 #65B114

triadic

#B1AE14 #14B1AE #AE14B1

tetradic

#B1AE14 #14B160 #1417B1 #B11465

square

#B1AE14 #14B160 #1417B1 #B11465

split-complementary

#B1AE14 #1465B1 #6014B1

monochromatic

#434208 #7A780E #B1AE14 #E5E21D #ECE954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B1AE14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B1AE14 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE14

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE14	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AB26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.154 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc567',
    500: '#b1ae14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae14;
$custom-light: #cdc567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 79.695,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE14

secondary

#5355CE

accent

#35F632

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EB

border

#D3D1C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE14

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

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