#B4B229#B4B229

#B4B229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.149 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B229
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -14.69, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 66.29, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0476 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.149 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1444, 41.7053, 8.2961)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B229 #292BB4

analogous

#B46C29 #B4B229 #70B429

triadic

#B4B229 #29B4B2 #B229B4

tetradic

#B4B229 #29B46C #292BB4 #B42970

square

#B4B229 #29B46C #292BB4 #B42970

split-complementary

#B4B229 #2970B4 #6C29B4

monochromatic

#504F12 #82811E #B4B229 #D5D345 #E0DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B4B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B229

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B229	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.149 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec86f',
    500: '#b4b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b229;
$custom-light: #cec86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B229

secondary

#7172C8

accent

#44E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B229

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

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