#B1AE32#B1AE32

#B1AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE32
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -13.55, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 61.80, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0434 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.8445, 39.8506, 8.9261)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE32 #3235B1

analogous

#B16F32 #B1AE32 #74B132

triadic

#B1AE32 #32B1AE #AE32B1

tetradic

#B1AE32 #32B16F #3235B1 #B13274

square

#B1AE32 #32B16F #3235B1 #B13274

split-complementary

#B1AE32 #3274B1 #6F32B1

monochromatic

#525017 #817F25 #B1AE32 #CECB52 #DCDA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B1AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE32

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE32	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)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc573',
    500: '#b1ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae32;
$custom-light: #ccc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.3985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE32

secondary

#7A7CC5

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE32

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

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