#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
RGBrgb(177, 174, 50)
HSLhsl(59, 56%, 45%)
HSVhsv(59, 72%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.36, -13.55, 60.30)
CIE-LCHlch(69.36, 61.80, 102.67°)
OKLaboklab(73.12% -0.0434 0.1335)
OKLCHoklch(73.12% 0.14 108)
XYZxyz(33.8445, 39.8506, 8.9261)
Luminance0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B1AE321.002.348.978.97
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9721.001.001.00
##0000008.9721.001.001.00

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

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#B1AE32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva