#B4B219#B4B219

#B4B219 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.155 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B219
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 25)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -15.19, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 70.43, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0501 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.155 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9197, 41.6154, 7.1127)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B219 #191BB4

analogous

#B46519 #B4B219 #68B419

triadic

#B4B219 #19B4B2 #B219B4

tetradic

#B4B219 #19B465 #191BB4 #B41968

square

#B4B219 #19B465 #191BB4 #B41968

split-complementary

#B4B219 #1968B4 #6519B4

monochromatic

#49480A #7E7D12 #B4B219 #E1DF29 #E9E75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4B219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B4B219 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B219

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B219	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.155 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc869',
    500: '#b4b219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b219;
$custom-light: #cfc869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B219

secondary

#5C5DCD

accent

#38F236

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B219

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

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