#B1AE24#B1AE24

#B1AE24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.148 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE24
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -14.13, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 66.33, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0463 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.148 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5873, 39.7477, 7.5716)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE24 #2427B1

analogous

#B16724 #B1AE24 #6EB124

triadic

#B1AE24 #24B1AE #AE24B1

tetradic

#B1AE24 #24B167 #2427B1 #B1246E

square

#B1AE24 #24B167 #2427B1 #B1246E

split-complementary

#B1AE24 #246EB1 #6724B1

monochromatic

#4B4A0F #7E7C1A #B1AE24 #D7D43B #E1DF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B1AE24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B1AE24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE24

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE24	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.148 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56c',
    500: '#b1ae24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae24;
$custom-light: #ccc56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73041,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE24

secondary

#696BC8

accent

#42E93F

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE24

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

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