#B4B138#B4B138

#B4B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.139 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B138
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -13.49, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 60.74, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0428 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.139 108)
XYZ	xyz(35.2596, 41.4342, 9.8809)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B138 #383BB4

analogous

#B47338 #B4B138 #79B438

triadic

#B4B138 #38B4B1 #B138B4

tetradic

#B4B138 #38B473 #383BB4 #B43879

square

#B4B138 #38B473 #383BB4 #B43879

split-complementary

#B4B138 #3879B4 #7338B4

monochromatic

#57551B #858329 #B4B138 #CDCA5D #DBD98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B4B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B4B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B138

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B138	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.139 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec876',
    500: '#b4b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b138;
$custom-light: #cec876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.41433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B138

secondary

#8284C5

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B138

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

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