#B1AB35#B1AB35

#B1AB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AB35
RGB	rgb(177, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -11.85, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 59.57, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0384 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3383, 38.7311, 9.0872)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AB35 #353BB1

analogous

#B16D35 #B1AB35 #79B135

triadic

#B1AB35 #35B1AB #AB35B1

tetradic

#B1AB35 #35B16D #353BB1 #B13579

square

#B1AB35 #35B16D #353BB1 #B13579

split-complementary

#B1AB35 #3579B1 #6D35B1

monochromatic

#535019 #827D27 #B1AB35 #CDC757 #DBD786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B1AB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B1AB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AB35

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AB35	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc374',
    500: '#b1ab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ab35;
$custom-light: #ccc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72486,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AB35

secondary

#7D81C4

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AB35

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

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