#B1AD26#B1AD26

#B1AD26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD26
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -13.55, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 65.40, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0445 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4262, 39.3754, 7.6728)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD26 #262AB1

analogous

#B16726 #B1AD26 #70B126

triadic

#B1AD26 #26B1AD #AD26B1

tetradic

#B1AD26 #26B167 #262AB1 #B12670

square

#B1AD26 #26B167 #262AB1 #B12670

split-complementary

#B1AD26 #2670B1 #6726B1

monochromatic

#4C4B10 #7F7C1B #B1AD26 #D6D13F #E0DD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B1AD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B1AD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD26

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD26	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)

#BEAB32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56d',
    500: '#b1ad26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad26;
$custom-light: #ccc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD26

secondary

#6B6EC7

accent

#45E840

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD26

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

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