#B1B236#B1B236

#B1B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.142 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B236
RGB	rgb(177, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -15.40, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 61.87, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0482 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.142 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7189, 41.4552, 9.6621)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B236 #3736B2

analogous

#B27536 #B1B236 #73B236

triadic

#B1B236 #36B1B2 #B236B1

tetradic

#B1B236 #36B275 #3736B2 #B23673

square

#B1B236 #36B275 #3736B2 #B23673

split-complementary

#B1B236 #3673B2 #7536B2

monochromatic

#54541A #828328 #B1B236 #CCCD59 #DADB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B1B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B1B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B236

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B236	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.142 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc875',
    500: '#b1b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b236;
$custom-light: #ccc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B236

secondary

#807FC5

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B236

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

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