#B1AD4E#B1AD4E

#B1AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.118 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1AD4E
RGB	rgb(177, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -11.24, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 49.72, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0339 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.118 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4512, 39.7853, 13.0708)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1AD4E #4E52B1

analogous

#B17C4E #B1AD4E #83B14E

triadic

#B1AD4E #4EB1AD #AD4EB1

tetradic

#B1AD4E #4EB17C #4E52B1 #B14E83

square

#B1AD4E #4EB17C #4E52B1 #B14E83

split-complementary

#B1AD4E #4E83B1 #7C4EB1

monochromatic

#5C5A29 #87833B #B1AD4E #C4C178 #D6D4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B1AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B1AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1AD4E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1AD4E	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.118 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc583',
    500: '#b1ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1ad4e;
$custom-light: #cbc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7316,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1AD4E

secondary

#9799C4

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1AD4E

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

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