#B1AE20#B1AE20

#B1AE20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE20
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -14.26, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 67.42, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.047 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5296, 39.7246, 7.2676)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE20 #2023B1

analogous

#B16520 #B1AE20 #6BB120

triadic

#B1AE20 #20B1AE #AE20B1

tetradic

#B1AE20 #20B165 #2023B1 #B1206B

square

#B1AE20 #20B165 #2023B1 #B1206B

split-complementary

#B1AE20 #206BB1 #6520B1

monochromatic

#49480D #7D7B17 #B1AE20 #DAD734 #E4E168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B1AE20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B1AE20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE20

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE20	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56a',
    500: '#b1ae20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae20;
$custom-light: #ccc56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE20

secondary

#6466C9

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE20

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

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