#B1AB31#B1AB31

#B1AB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AB31
RGB	rgb(177, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -12.05, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 61.06, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0393 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2501, 38.6959, 8.6227)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AB31 #3137B1

analogous

#B16B31 #B1AB31 #77B131

triadic

#B1AB31 #31B1AB #AB31B1

tetradic

#B1AB31 #31B16B #3137B1 #B13177

square

#B1AB31 #31B16B #3137B1 #B13177

split-complementary

#B1AB31 #3177B1 #6B31B1

monochromatic

#514E16 #817D24 #B1AB31 #CFC951 #DCD880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B1AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B1AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AB31

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AB31	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc372',
    500: '#b1ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ab31;
$custom-light: #ccc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AB31

secondary

#797CC5

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AB31

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

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