#B1AE33#B1AE33

#B1AE33 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	#B1AE33
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 71.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -13.50, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 61.44, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0432 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.8663, 39.8593, 9.0410)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE33 #3336B1

analogous

#B16F33 #B1AE33 #75B133

triadic

#B1AE33 #33B1AE #AE33B1

tetradic

#B1AE33 #33B16F #3336B1 #B13375

square

#B1AE33 #33B16F #3336B1 #B13375

split-complementary

#B1AE33 #3375B1 #6F33B1

monochromatic

#525118 #817F25 #B1AE33 #CECB54 #DBD983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B1AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE33

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc573',
    500: '#b1ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae33;
$custom-light: #ccc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7313,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.39858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE33

secondary

#7B7DC5

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE33

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

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