#B4B02C#B4B02C
#B4B02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.145 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4B02C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 176, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 61%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 76%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 75.6%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.13, -13.55, 63.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.13, 64.63, 102.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.79% -0.0442 0.1384) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.79% 0.145 107.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.8037, 40.9370, 8.4507) |
| Luminance | 0.4094 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
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#A5A502
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Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.90
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.14
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.25
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.58
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4B02C #2C30B4
analogous
#B46C2C #B4B02C #74B42C
triadic
#B4B02C #2CB4B0 #B02CB4
tetradic
#B4B02C #2CB46C #2C30B4 #B42C74
square
#B4B02C #2CB46C #2C30B4 #B42C74
split-complementary
#B4B02C #2C74B4 #6C2CB4
monochromatic
#525014 #838020 #B4B02C #D3CF4A #DFDC7C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#B4B02C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.19
#B4B02C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4B02C
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4B02C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4B02C | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.19 | 9.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA90C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AE37
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1A497
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4b02c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.145 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cec770',
500: '#b4b02c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4b02c; $custom-light: #cec770; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4b02c",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 176,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.235,
"s": 60.714,
"l": 43.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73787,
"c": 0.14531,
"h": 107.7
},
"luminance": 0.40936
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4B02C
secondary
#7577C7
accent
#49E444
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141308
muted
#83827B