#B1B836#B1B836

#B1B836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.148 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1B836
RGB	rgb(177, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -18.43, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 64.26, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0567 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.148 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9389, 43.8953, 10.0688)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1B836 #3D36B8

analogous

#B87E36 #B1B836 #70B836

triadic

#B1B836 #36B1B8 #B836B1

tetradic

#B1B836 #36B87E #3D36B8 #B83670

square

#B1B836 #36B87E #3D36B8 #B83670

split-complementary

#B1B836 #3670B8 #7E36B8

monochromatic

#56591A #838928 #B1B836 #C9CF5C #D9DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B1B836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B1B836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1B836

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1B836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1B836	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1b836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.148 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccd76',
    500: '#b1b836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1b836;
$custom-light: #cccd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1b836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.231,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75365,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1B836

secondary

#8682C7

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1B836

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

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