#B1B235#B1B235

#B1B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.143 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B235
RGB	rgb(177, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -15.45, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 62.23, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0485 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.143 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6957, 41.4459, 9.5397)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B235 #3635B2

analogous

#B27435 #B1B235 #72B235

triadic

#B1B235 #35B1B2 #B235B1

tetradic

#B1B235 #35B274 #3635B2 #B23572

square

#B1B235 #35B274 #3635B2 #B23572

split-complementary

#B1B235 #3572B2 #7435B2

monochromatic

#535419 #828327 #B1B235 #CCCD57 #DADB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B1B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B1B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B235

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B235	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.143 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc875',
    500: '#b1b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b235;
$custom-light: #ccc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74027,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B235

secondary

#7F7EC5

accent

#4ADD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B235

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

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