#B4B137#B4B137

#B4B137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.140 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B137
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -13.54, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 61.12, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0431 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.14 108)
XYZ	xyz(35.2354, 41.4245, 9.7534)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B137 #373AB4

analogous

#B47237 #B4B137 #78B437

triadic

#B4B137 #37B4B1 #B137B4

tetradic

#B4B137 #37B472 #373AB4 #B43778

square

#B4B137 #37B472 #373AB4 #B43778

split-complementary

#B4B137 #3778B4 #7237B4

monochromatic

#56551A #858329 #B4B137 #CDCA5B #DBD98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B4B137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#B4B137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B137

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B137	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.140 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec876',
    500: '#b4b137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b137;
$custom-light: #cec876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.41423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B137

secondary

#8183C6

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B137

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

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