#B1AE30#B1AE30

#B1AE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.142 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE30
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 72.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -13.65, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 62.51, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0439 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.142 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8023, 39.8337, 8.7038)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE30 #3033B1

analogous

#B16E30 #B1AE30 #74B130

triadic

#B1AE30 #30B1AE #AE30B1

tetradic

#B1AE30 #30B16E #3033B1 #B13074

square

#B1AE30 #30B16E #3033B1 #B13074

split-complementary

#B1AE30 #3074B1 #6E30B1

monochromatic

#514F16 #817F23 #B1AE30 #CFCC4F #DCDA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B1AE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE30

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE30	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.142 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc572',
    500: '#b1ae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae30;
$custom-light: #ccc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 57.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE30

secondary

#7879C5

accent

#4BE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE30

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

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