#B1AD33#B1AD33

#B1AD33 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	#B1AD33
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 71.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -12.99, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 61.06, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0418 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.139 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6738, 39.4744, 8.9768)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD33 #3337B1

analogous

#B16E33 #B1AD33 #76B133

triadic

#B1AD33 #33B1AD #AD33B1

tetradic

#B1AD33 #33B16E #3337B1 #B13376

square

#B1AD33 #33B16E #3337B1 #B13376

split-complementary

#B1AD33 #3376B1 #6E33B1

monochromatic

#525018 #817F25 #B1AD33 #CECA54 #DBD883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B1AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B1AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD33

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD33	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)

#BCA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc573',
    500: '#b1ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad33;
$custom-light: #ccc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD33

secondary

#7B7DC5

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD33

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

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