#B1BD38#B1BD38

#B1BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.152 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1BD38
RGB	rgb(177, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -20.82, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 65.60, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0632 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.152 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0439, 46.0285, 10.6736)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1BD38 #4438BD

analogous

#BD8738 #B1BD38 #6EBD38

triadic

#B1BD38 #38B1BD #BD38B1

tetradic

#B1BD38 #38BD87 #4438BD #BD386E

square

#B1BD38 #38BD87 #4438BD #BD386E

split-complementary

#B1BD38 #386EBD #8738BD

monochromatic

#595F1C #858E2A #B1BD38 #C6D062 #D7DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B1BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B1BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1BD38

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1BD38	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.152 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd077',
    500: '#b1bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1bd38;
$custom-light: #ccd077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.414,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76496,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1BD38

secondary

#8D87C9

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1BD38

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

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