#B1B418#B1B418

#B1B418 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.158 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B418
RGB	rgb(177, 180, 24)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 86.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -17.54, 69.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 71.32, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0565 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.158 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6189, 42.0566, 7.1581)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B418 #1B18B4

analogous

#B46918 #B1B418 #63B418

triadic

#B1B418 #18B1B4 #B418B1

tetradic

#B1B418 #18B469 #1B18B4 #B41863

square

#B1B418 #18B469 #1B18B4 #B41863

split-complementary

#B1B418 #1863B4 #6918B4

monochromatic

#47480A #7C7E11 #B1B418 #DFE227 #E7E95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B1B418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B1B418 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B418

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B418	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4AF2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 180, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.158 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca69',
    500: '#b1b418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b418;
$custom-light: #cdca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74323,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B418

secondary

#5D5BCD

accent

#35F338

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B418

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

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