#B1AD27#B1AD27

#B1AD27 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 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD27
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -13.51, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 65.10, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0443 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4426, 39.3819, 7.7589)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD27 #272BB1

analogous

#B16827 #B1AD27 #70B127

triadic

#B1AD27 #27B1AD #AD27B1

tetradic

#B1AD27 #27B168 #272BB1 #B12770

square

#B1AD27 #27B168 #272BB1 #B12770

split-complementary

#B1AD27 #2770B1 #6827B1

monochromatic

#4D4B11 #7F7C1C #B1AD27 #D5D140 #E0DD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B1AD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B1AD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD27

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD27	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	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: #b1ad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56d',
    500: '#b1ad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad27;
$custom-light: #ccc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72836,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD27

secondary

#6D6FC7

accent

#46E741

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD27

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

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