#B1AD2A#B1AD2A

#B1AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD2A
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -13.39, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 64.16, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0437 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4943, 39.4026, 8.0312)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD2A #2A2EB1

analogous

#B1692A #B1AD2A #72B12A

triadic

#B1AD2A #2AB1AD #AD2AB1

tetradic

#B1AD2A #2AB169 #2A2EB1 #B12A72

square

#B1AD2A #2AB169 #2A2EB1 #B12A72

split-complementary

#B1AD2A #2A72B1 #692AB1

monochromatic

#4E4C13 #807D1E #B1AD2A #D3CF45 #DFDC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B1AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B1AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD2A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD2A	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56f',
    500: '#b1ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad2a;
$custom-light: #ccc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.14404,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD2A

secondary

#7073C6

accent

#48E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD2A

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

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