#B4B140#B4B140

#B4B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B140
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -13.03, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 57.56, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0407 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.133 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4711, 41.5188, 10.9949)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B140 #4043B4

analogous

#B47740 #B4B140 #7DB440

triadic

#B4B140 #40B4B1 #B140B4

tetradic

#B4B140 #40B477 #4043B4 #B4407D

square

#B4B140 #40B477 #4043B4 #B4407D

split-complementary

#B4B140 #407DB4 #7740B4

monochromatic

#5A5820 #878530 #B4B140 #C9C768 #D9D895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B4B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B4B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B140

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B140	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)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc87b',
    500: '#b4b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b140;
$custom-light: #cdc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74153,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B140

secondary

#8B8CC5

accent

#54D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B140

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

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