#B1B223#B1B223

#B1B223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.152 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B223
RGB	rgb(177, 178, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -16.21, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 68.01, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0522 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.152 110)
XYZ	xyz(34.3565, 41.3103, 7.7537)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B223 #2423B2

analogous

#B26C23 #B1B223 #69B223

triadic

#B1B223 #23B1B2 #B223B1

tetradic

#B1B223 #23B26C #2423B2 #B22369

square

#B1B223 #23B26C #2423B2 #B22369

split-complementary

#B1B223 #2369B2 #6C23B2

monochromatic

#4B4C0F #7E7F19 #B1B223 #D7D83A #E1E26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B1B223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B1B223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B223

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B223	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 178, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.152 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc86c',
    500: '#b1b223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b223;
$custom-light: #ccc86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73921,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.41309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B223

secondary

#6968C9

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B223

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

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