#B1AD41#B1AD41

#B1AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD41
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 63.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -12.18, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 55.51, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.038 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.129 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0303, 39.6170, 10.8543)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD41 #4145B1

analogous

#B17541 #B1AD41 #7DB141

triadic

#B1AD41 #41B1AD #AD41B1

tetradic

#B1AD41 #41B175 #4145B1 #B1417D

square

#B1AD41 #41B175 #4145B1 #B1417D

split-complementary

#B1AD41 #417DB1 #7541B1

monochromatic

#575520 #848131 #B1AD41 #C7C468 #D8D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B1AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B1AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD41

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD41	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc57b',
    500: '#b1ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad41;
$custom-light: #cbc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73025,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD41

secondary

#8A8CC3

accent

#57D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD41

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

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