#B1B438#B1B438

#B1B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.143 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B438
RGB	rgb(177, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -16.31, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 61.91, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0506 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.143 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1677, 42.2761, 10.0482)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B438 #3B38B4

analogous

#B47938 #B1B438 #73B438

triadic

#B1B438 #38B1B4 #B438B1

tetradic

#B1B438 #38B479 #3B38B4 #B43873

square

#B1B438 #38B479 #3B38B4 #B43873

split-complementary

#B1B438 #3873B4 #7938B4

monochromatic

#55571B #838529 #B1B438 #CACD5D #D9DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B1B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B1B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B438

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B438	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.143 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccca76',
    500: '#b1b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b438;
$custom-light: #ccca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74492,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B438

secondary

#8482C5

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B438

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

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