#B1B249#B1B249

#B1B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B249
RGB	rgb(177, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -14.21, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 54.11, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0429 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.127 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2555, 41.6699, 12.4880)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B249 #4A49B2

analogous

#B27F49 #B1B249 #7DB249

triadic

#B1B249 #49B1B2 #B249B1

tetradic

#B1B249 #49B27F #4A49B2 #B2497D

square

#B1B249 #49B27F #4A49B2 #B2497D

split-complementary

#B1B249 #497DB2 #7F49B2

monochromatic

#5B5B25 #868737 #B1B249 #C5C573 #D7D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B1B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B1B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B249

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B249	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc880',
    500: '#b1b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b249;
$custom-light: #cbc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B249

secondary

#9393C4

accent

#56D257

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B249

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

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