#B1AE35#B1AE35

#B1AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AE35
RGB	rgb(177, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -13.40, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 60.70, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0427 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.9114, 39.8773, 9.2782)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AE35 #3538B1

analogous

#B17035 #B1AE35 #76B135

triadic

#B1AE35 #35B1AE #AE35B1

tetradic

#B1AE35 #35B170 #3538B1 #B13576

square

#B1AE35 #35B170 #3538B1 #B13576

split-complementary

#B1AE35 #3576B1 #7035B1

monochromatic

#535119 #828027 #B1AE35 #CDCA57 #DBD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B1AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AE35

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AE35	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc574',
    500: '#b1ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ae35;
$custom-light: #ccc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AE35

secondary

#7D7FC4

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AE35

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

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