#B1AE31#B1AE31

#B1AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE31
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -13.60, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 62.16, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0437 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.141 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.8232, 39.8421, 8.8138)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE31 #3134B1

analogous

#B16E31 #B1AE31 #74B131

triadic

#B1AE31 #31B1AE #AE31B1

tetradic

#B1AE31 #31B16E #3134B1 #B13174

square

#B1AE31 #31B16E #3134B1 #B13174

split-complementary

#B1AE31 #3174B1 #6E31B1

monochromatic

#515016 #817F24 #B1AE31 #CFCC51 #DCDA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B1AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE31

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE31	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)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc572',
    500: '#b1ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae31;
$custom-light: #ccc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.39841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE31

secondary

#797BC5

accent

#4BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE31

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

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