#B1B138#B1B138

#B1B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.140 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B138
RGB	rgb(177, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -14.78, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 60.72, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0463 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.14 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5686, 41.0779, 9.8485)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B138 #3838B1

analogous

#B17438 #B1B138 #74B138

triadic

#B1B138 #38B1B1 #B138B1

tetradic

#B1B138 #38B174 #3838B1 #B13874

square

#B1B138 #38B174 #3838B1 #B13874

split-complementary

#B1B138 #3874B1 #7438B1

monochromatic

#54541B #838329 #B1B138 #CBCB5B #DADA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B1B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B1B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B138

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B138	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.140 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc876',
    500: '#b1b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b138;
$custom-light: #ccc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B138

secondary

#8181C4

accent

#4CDB4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B138

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

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