#B1CB38#B1CB38

#B1CB38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.168 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1CB38
RGB	rgb(177, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -27.64, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 71.58, 112.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0821 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.168 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2020, 52.3448, 11.7263)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1CB38 #5238CB

analogous

#CB9B38 #B1CB38 #67CB38

triadic

#B1CB38 #38B1CB #CB38B1

tetradic

#B1CB38 #38CB9B #5238CB #CB3867

square

#B1CB38 #38CB9B #5238CB #CB3867

split-complementary

#B1CB38 #3867CB #9B38CB

monochromatic

#5E6C1C #889D29 #B1CB38 #C4D869 #D7E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B1CB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#B1CB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1CB38

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1CB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1CB38	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBC0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1cb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.168 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccda79',
    500: '#b1cb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1cb38;
$custom-light: #ccda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1cb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.612,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79647,
    "c": 0.16804,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1CB38

secondary

#3D3176

accent

#46E262

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1CB38

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

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