#B4B038#B4B038

#B4B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B038
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -12.97, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 60.36, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0414 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0628, 41.0406, 9.8153)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B038 #383CB4

analogous

#B47238 #B4B038 #7AB438

triadic

#B4B038 #38B4B0 #B038B4

tetradic

#B4B038 #38B472 #383CB4 #B4387A

square

#B4B038 #38B472 #383CB4 #B4387A

split-complementary

#B4B038 #387AB4 #7238B4

monochromatic

#57551B #858229 #B4B038 #CDC95D #DBD88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B4B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B4B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B038

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B038	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec776',
    500: '#b4b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b038;
$custom-light: #cec776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B038

secondary

#8285C5

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B038

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

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