#B1AB27#B1AB27

#B1AB27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AB27
RGB	rgb(177, 171, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -12.48, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 64.41, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0414 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.144 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0620, 38.6206, 7.6320)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AB27 #272DB1

analogous

#B16627 #B1AB27 #72B127

triadic

#B1AB27 #27B1AB #AB27B1

tetradic

#B1AB27 #27B166 #272DB1 #B12772

square

#B1AB27 #27B166 #272DB1 #B12772

split-complementary

#B1AB27 #2772B1 #6627B1

monochromatic

#4D4A11 #7F7B1C #B1AB27 #D5CE40 #E0DB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B1AB27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B1AB27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AB27

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AB27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AB27	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)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ab27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 171, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc36d',
    500: '#b1ab27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ab27;
$custom-light: #ccc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ab27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AB27

secondary

#6D71C7

accent

#48E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AB27

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

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