#B1AD32#B1AD32

#B1AD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD32
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 71.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -13.03, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 61.43, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.042 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.139 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6520, 39.4657, 8.8620)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD32 #3236B1

analogous

#B16D32 #B1AD32 #76B132

triadic

#B1AD32 #32B1AD #AD32B1

tetradic

#B1AD32 #32B16D #3236B1 #B13276

square

#B1AD32 #32B16D #3236B1 #B13276

split-complementary

#B1AD32 #3276B1 #6D32B1

monochromatic

#525017 #817E25 #B1AD32 #CECA52 #DCD982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B1AD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B1AD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD32

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD32	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc572',
    500: '#b1ad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad32;
$custom-light: #ccc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD32

secondary

#7A7CC5

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD32

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

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