#B1B140#B1B140

#B1B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B140
RGB	rgb(177, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -14.31, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 57.54, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0441 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.134 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7801, 41.1625, 10.9625)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B140 #4040B1

analogous

#B17940 #B1B140 #79B140

triadic

#B1B140 #40B1B1 #B140B1

tetradic

#B1B140 #40B179 #4040B1 #B14079

square

#B1B140 #40B179 #4040B1 #B14079

split-complementary

#B1B140 #4079B1 #7940B1

monochromatic

#57571F #848430 #B1B140 #C8C866 #D8D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B1B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B1B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B140

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B140	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc87a',
    500: '#b1b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b140;
$custom-light: #cbc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B140

secondary

#8989C3

accent

#51D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B140

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

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