#B1AB23#B1AB23

#B1AB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AB23
RGB	rgb(177, 171, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 80.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -12.62, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 65.59, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0422 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9991, 38.5955, 7.3012)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AB23 #2329B1

analogous

#B16423 #B1AB23 #70B123

triadic

#B1AB23 #23B1AB #AB23B1

tetradic

#B1AB23 #23B164 #2329B1 #B12370

square

#B1AB23 #23B164 #2329B1 #B12370

split-complementary

#B1AB23 #2370B1 #6423B1

monochromatic

#4B480F #7E7A19 #B1AB23 #D8D139 #E2DD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B1AB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B1AB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AB23

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AB23	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ab23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 171, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc36b',
    500: '#b1ab23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ab23;
$custom-light: #ccc36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ab23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AB23

secondary

#686CC8

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AB23

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

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