#B1AB38#B1AB38

#B1AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AB38
RGB	rgb(177, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -11.69, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 58.42, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0376 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.134 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4094, 38.7596, 9.4621)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AB38 #383EB1

analogous

#B16E38 #B1AB38 #7AB138

triadic

#B1AB38 #38B1AB #AB38B1

tetradic

#B1AB38 #38B16E #383EB1 #B1387A

square

#B1AB38 #38B16E #383EB1 #B1387A

split-complementary

#B1AB38 #387AB1 #6E38B1

monochromatic

#54511B #837E29 #B1AB38 #CBC65B #DAD68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B1AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B1AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AB38

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AB38	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)

#B9A527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc375',
    500: '#b1ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ab38;
$custom-light: #ccc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AB38

secondary

#8184C4

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AB38

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

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