#B1C938#B1C938

#B1C938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.166 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1C938
RGB	rgb(177, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -26.68, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 70.71, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0794 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.166 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7328, 51.4062, 11.5699)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1C938 #5038C9

analogous

#C99838 #B1C938 #68C938

triadic

#B1C938 #38B1C9 #C938B1

tetradic

#B1C938 #38C998 #5038C9 #C93868

square

#B1C938 #38C998 #5038C9 #C93868

split-complementary

#B1C938 #3868C9 #9838C9

monochromatic

#5D6A1D #879A2A #B1C938 #C4D668 #D7E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B1C938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B1C938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1C938

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1C938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1C938	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1c938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.166 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd978',
    500: '#b1c938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1c938;
$custom-light: #ccd978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1c938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.931,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79195,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1C938

secondary

#3C3174

accent

#47E161

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1C938

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

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