#B4B142#B4B142

#B4B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B142
RGB	rgb(180, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -12.90, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 56.73, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0401 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.132 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5291, 41.5420, 11.3001)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B142 #4245B4

analogous

#B47842 #B4B142 #7EB442

triadic

#B4B142 #42B4B1 #B142B4

tetradic

#B4B142 #42B478 #4245B4 #B4427E

square

#B4B142 #42B478 #4245B4 #B4427E

split-complementary

#B4B142 #427EB4 #7842B4

monochromatic

#5A5921 #878532 #B4B142 #C9C66B #D9D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B4B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B4B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B142

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B142	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc87c',
    500: '#b4b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b142;
$custom-light: #cdc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74171,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B142

secondary

#8D8EC5

accent

#55D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B142

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

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