#B1AE28#B1AE28

#B1AE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.146 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE28
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -13.99, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 65.14, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0456 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.146 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6519, 39.7735, 7.9115)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE28 #282BB1

analogous

#B16928 #B1AE28 #70B128

triadic

#B1AE28 #28B1AE #AE28B1

tetradic

#B1AE28 #28B169 #282BB1 #B12870

square

#B1AE28 #28B169 #282BB1 #B12870

split-complementary

#B1AE28 #2870B1 #6928B1

monochromatic

#4D4C11 #7F7D1D #B1AE28 #D4D142 #E0DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B1AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B1AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE28

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE28	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)

#BDA701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.146 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56e',
    500: '#b1ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae28;
$custom-light: #ccc56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE28

secondary

#6E70C7

accent

#45E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE28

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

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