#B1AD20#B1AD20

#B1AD20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.149 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD20
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -13.75, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 67.08, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0455 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3371, 39.3397, 7.2035)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD20 #2024B1

analogous

#B16420 #B1AD20 #6CB120

triadic

#B1AD20 #20B1AD #AD20B1

tetradic

#B1AD20 #20B164 #2024B1 #B1206C

square

#B1AD20 #20B164 #2024B1 #B1206C

split-complementary

#B1AD20 #206CB1 #6420B1

monochromatic

#49480D #7D7A17 #B1AD20 #DAD634 #E4E068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B1AD20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B1AD20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD20

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD20	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.149 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56a',
    500: '#b1ad20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad20;
$custom-light: #ccc56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD20

secondary

#6466C9

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD20

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

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