#B4B042#B4B042

#B4B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B042
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -12.38, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 56.33, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0386 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.131 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3323, 41.1484, 11.2345)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B042 #4246B4

analogous

#B47742 #B4B042 #7FB442

triadic

#B4B042 #42B4B0 #B042B4

tetradic

#B4B042 #42B477 #4246B4 #B4427F

square

#B4B042 #42B477 #4246B4 #B4427F

split-complementary

#B4B042 #427FB4 #7742B4

monochromatic

#5A5821 #878432 #B4B042 #C9C56B #D9D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B4B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#B4B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B042

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B042	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc77c',
    500: '#b4b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b042;
$custom-light: #cdc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73952,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B042

secondary

#8D8FC5

accent

#56D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B042

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

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