#B4B040#B4B040

#B4B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B040
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -12.51, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 57.17, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0392 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.132 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2744, 41.1253, 10.9293)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B040 #4044B4

analogous

#B47640 #B4B040 #7EB440

triadic

#B4B040 #40B4B0 #B040B4

tetradic

#B4B040 #40B476 #4044B4 #B4407E

square

#B4B040 #40B476 #4044B4 #B4407E

split-complementary

#B4B040 #407EB4 #7640B4

monochromatic

#5A5820 #878430 #B4B040 #C9C668 #D9D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B4B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B4B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B040

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B040	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc77a',
    500: '#b4b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b040;
$custom-light: #cdc77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B040

secondary

#8B8DC5

accent

#55D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B040

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

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