#B1AE2C#B1AE2C

#B1AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.144 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE2C
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -13.82, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 63.87, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0448 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.144 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7234, 39.8022, 8.2886)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE2C #2C2FB1

analogous

#B16C2C #B1AE2C #71B12C

triadic

#B1AE2C #2CB1AE #AE2CB1

tetradic

#B1AE2C #2CB16C #2C2FB1 #B12C71

square

#B1AE2C #2CB16C #2C2FB1 #B12C71

split-complementary

#B1AE2C #2C71B1 #6C2CB1

monochromatic

#4F4E14 #807E20 #B1AE2C #D2CF49 #DEDC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B1AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE2C

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE2C	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.144 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc570',
    500: '#b1ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae2c;
$custom-light: #ccc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE2C

secondary

#7375C6

accent

#48E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE2C

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

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