#B4B059#B4B059

#B4B059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B059
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -10.61, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 45.85, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0311 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.11 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1518, 41.4762, 15.5506)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B059 #595DB4

analogous

#B48359 #B4B059 #8AB459

triadic

#B4B059 #59B4B0 #B059B4

tetradic

#B4B059 #59B483 #595DB4 #B4598A

square

#B4B059 #59B483 #595DB4 #B4598A

split-complementary

#B4B059 #598AB4 #8359B4

monochromatic

#65632E #8F8C41 #B4B059 #C7C483 #DAD8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B4B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B4B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B059

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B059	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc78a',
    500: '#b4b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b059;
$custom-light: #ccc78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.363,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74208,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B059

secondary

#A1A2C8

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B059

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

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