#B1B52A#B1B52A

#B1B52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.152 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B52A
RGB	rgb(177, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -17.47, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 67.09, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0551 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.152 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0745, 42.5630, 8.5579)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B52A #2E2AB5

analogous

#B5732A #B1B52A #6BB52A

triadic

#B1B52A #2AB1B5 #B52AB1

tetradic

#B1B52A #2AB573 #2E2AB5 #B52A6B

square

#B1B52A #2AB573 #2E2AB5 #B52A6B

split-complementary

#B1B52A #2A6BB5 #732AB5

monochromatic

#505213 #80831E #B1B52A #D0D448 #DDE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B1B52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B1B52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B52A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B52A	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.152 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccca70',
    500: '#b1b52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b52a;
$custom-light: #ccca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74623,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B52A

secondary

#7573C8

accent

#42E547

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B52A

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

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