#B1B656#B1B656

#B1B656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B656
RGB	rgb(177, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -15.22, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 49.98, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0443 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.12 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5399, 43.4756, 15.2691)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B656 #5B56B6

analogous

#B68B56 #B1B656 #81B656

triadic

#B1B656 #56B1B6 #B656B1

tetradic

#B1B656 #56B68B #5B56B6 #B65681

square

#B1B656 #56B68B #5B56B6 #B65681

split-complementary

#B1B656 #5681B6 #8B56B6

monochromatic

#63662C #8C903E #B1B656 #C5C881 #D8DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B1B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#B1B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B656

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B656	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb88',
    500: '#b1b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b656;
$custom-light: #cacb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.125,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75228,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B656

secondary

#A19FC9

accent

#58D05E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B656

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

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