#B1AE27#B1AE27

#B1AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.147 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE27
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -14.02, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 65.45, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0458 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.147 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6351, 39.7668, 7.8231)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE27 #272AB1

analogous

#B16927 #B1AE27 #6FB127

triadic

#B1AE27 #27B1AE #AE27B1

tetradic

#B1AE27 #27B169 #272AB1 #B1276F

square

#B1AE27 #27B169 #272AB1 #B1276F

split-complementary

#B1AE27 #276FB1 #6927B1

monochromatic

#4D4B11 #7F7D1C #B1AE27 #D5D240 #E0DE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B1AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B1AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE27

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE27	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)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.147 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56d',
    500: '#b1ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae27;
$custom-light: #ccc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE27

secondary

#6D6FC7

accent

#45E741

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE27

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

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