#B1AE34#B1AE34

#B1AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE34
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -13.45, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 61.07, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.043 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.139 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.8886, 39.8682, 9.1584)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE34 #3437B1

analogous

#B17034 #B1AE34 #76B134

triadic

#B1AE34 #34B1AE #AE34B1

tetradic

#B1AE34 #34B170 #3437B1 #B13476

square

#B1AE34 #34B170 #3437B1 #B13476

split-complementary

#B1AE34 #3476B1 #7034B1

monochromatic

#525118 #827F26 #B1AE34 #CDCA55 #DBD984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B1AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE34

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE34	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)

#BCA71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc574',
    500: '#b1ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae34;
$custom-light: #ccc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.39867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE34

secondary

#7C7EC5

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE34

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

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