#B1B42E#B1B42E

#B1B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.149 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B42E
RGB	rgb(177, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -16.80, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 65.44, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0529 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.149 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9471, 42.1878, 8.8864)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B42E #312EB4

analogous

#B4742E #B1B42E #6EB42E

triadic

#B1B42E #2EB1B4 #B42EB1

tetradic

#B1B42E #2EB474 #312EB4 #B42E6E

square

#B1B42E #2EB474 #312EB4 #B42E6E

split-complementary

#B1B42E #2E6EB4 #742EB4

monochromatic

#515315 #818322 #B1B42E #CFD24E #DCDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B1B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B1B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B42E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B42E	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.149 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccca71',
    500: '#b1b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b42e;
$custom-light: #ccca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74424,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B42E

secondary

#7977C7

accent

#45E249

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B42E

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

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