#B4B031#B4B031

#B4B031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.142 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B031
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -13.33, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 62.93, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0431 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.142 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9034, 40.9769, 8.9759)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B031 #3135B4

analogous

#B46F31 #B4B031 #76B431

triadic

#B4B031 #31B4B0 #B031B4

tetradic

#B4B031 #31B46F #3135B4 #B43176

square

#B4B031 #31B46F #3135B4 #B43176

split-complementary

#B4B031 #3176B4 #6F31B4

monochromatic

#545217 #848124 #B4B031 #D0CC52 #DDDA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B4B031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#B4B031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B031

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B031	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.142 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec772',
    500: '#b4b031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b031;
$custom-light: #cec772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73818,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B031

secondary

#7B7DC6

accent

#4CE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B031

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

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