#B1AD35#B1AD35

#B1AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD35
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -12.88, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 60.32, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0413 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7189, 39.4924, 9.2141)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD35 #3539B1

analogous

#B16F35 #B1AD35 #77B135

triadic

#B1AD35 #35B1AD #AD35B1

tetradic

#B1AD35 #35B16F #3539B1 #B13577

square

#B1AD35 #35B16F #3539B1 #B13577

split-complementary

#B1AD35 #3577B1 #6F35B1

monochromatic

#535119 #827F27 #B1AD35 #CDC957 #DBD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B1AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B1AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD35

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD35	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc574',
    500: '#b1ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad35;
$custom-light: #ccc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD35

secondary

#7D80C4

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD35

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

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