#B1B042#B1B042

#B1B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B042
RGB	rgb(177, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -13.67, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 56.30, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0421 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.131 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6413, 40.7921, 11.2021)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B042 #4243B1

analogous

#B17842 #B1B042 #7BB142

triadic

#B1B042 #42B1B0 #B042B1

tetradic

#B1B042 #42B178 #4243B1 #B1427B

square

#B1B042 #42B178 #4243B1 #B1427B

split-complementary

#B1B042 #427BB1 #7842B1

monochromatic

#585721 #848431 #B1B042 #C7C669 #D8D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B1B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B1B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B042

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B042	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc77c',
    500: '#b1b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b042;
$custom-light: #cbc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B042

secondary

#8B8CC3

accent

#54D552

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B042

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

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