#B4B22B#B4B22B

#B4B22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.148 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B22B
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -14.61, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 65.66, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0472 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1802, 41.7196, 8.4846)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B22B #2B2DB4

analogous

#B46D2B #B4B22B #71B42B

triadic

#B4B22B #2BB4B2 #B22BB4

tetradic

#B4B22B #2BB46D #2B2DB4 #B42B71

square

#B4B22B #2BB46D #2B2DB4 #B42B71

split-complementary

#B4B22B #2B71B4 #6D2BB4

monochromatic

#515013 #83811F #B4B22B #D3D149 #DFDE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4B22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B4B22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B22B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B22B	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)

#C1AB07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec870',
    500: '#b4b22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b22b;
$custom-light: #cec870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B22B

secondary

#7375C7

accent

#46E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B22B

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

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