#B1AD3E#B1AD3E

#B1AD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD3E
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 65%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -12.37, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 56.76, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0389 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.131 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9457, 39.5831, 10.4087)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD3E #3E42B1

analogous

#B1743E #B1AD3E #7CB13E

triadic

#B1AD3E #3EB1AD #AD3EB1

tetradic

#B1AD3E #3EB174 #3E42B1 #B13E7C

square

#B1AD3E #3EB174 #3E42B1 #B13E7C

split-complementary

#B1AD3E #3E7CB1 #743EB1

monochromatic

#56541E #84812E #B1AD3E #C9C564 #D8D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B1AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B1AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD3E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD3E	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc579',
    500: '#b1ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad3e;
$custom-light: #cbc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD3E

secondary

#8789C4

accent

#55D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD3E

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

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