#B1B225#B1B225

#B1B225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.151 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B225
RGB	rgb(177, 178, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -16.14, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 67.46, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0518 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.151 110)
XYZ	xyz(34.3871, 41.3225, 7.9146)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B225 #2625B2

analogous

#B26D25 #B1B225 #6AB225

triadic

#B1B225 #25B1B2 #B225B1

tetradic

#B1B225 #25B26D #2625B2 #B2256A

square

#B1B225 #25B26D #2625B2 #B2256A

split-complementary

#B1B225 #256AB2 #6D25B2

monochromatic

#4C4D10 #7F7F1A #B1B225 #D6D73D #E0E170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B1B225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#B1B225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B225

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B225	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)

#C2AE32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 178, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.151 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc86d',
    500: '#b1b225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b225;
$custom-light: #ccc86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.41321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B225

secondary

#6B6BC8

accent

#3FE940

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B225

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

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