#B1AD2C#B1AD2C

#B1AD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.143 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD2C
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -13.31, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 63.51, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0433 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.143 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5310, 39.4172, 8.2244)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD2C #2C30B1

analogous

#B16A2C #B1AD2C #73B12C

triadic

#B1AD2C #2CB1AD #AD2CB1

tetradic

#B1AD2C #2CB16A #2C30B1 #B12C73

square

#B1AD2C #2CB16A #2C30B1 #B12C73

split-complementary

#B1AD2C #2C73B1 #6A2CB1

monochromatic

#4F4D14 #807D20 #B1AD2C #D2CE49 #DEDB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B1AD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B1AD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD2C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD2C	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)

#BCA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.143 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc56f',
    500: '#b1ad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad2c;
$custom-light: #ccc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72865,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD2C

secondary

#7375C6

accent

#49E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD2C

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

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