#B1B735#B1B735

#B1B735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.148 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B735
RGB	rgb(177, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 71%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -17.98, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 64.21, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0556 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.148 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7087, 43.4720, 9.8774)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B735 #3B35B7

analogous

#B77C35 #B1B735 #70B735

triadic

#B1B735 #35B1B7 #B735B1

tetradic

#B1B735 #35B77C #3B35B7 #B73570

square

#B1B735 #35B77C #3B35B7 #B73570

split-complementary

#B1B735 #3570B7 #7C35B7

monochromatic

#55581A #838827 #B1B735 #CACF5A #D9DD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B1B735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B1B735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B735

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B735	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.148 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccc75',
    500: '#b1b735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b735;
$custom-light: #cccc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.769,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B735

secondary

#8481C7

accent

#49DE50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B735

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

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