#B4B22E#B4B22E

#B4B22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.146 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B22E
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -14.49, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 64.69, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0466 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.146 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2373, 41.7425, 8.7852)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B22E #2E30B4

analogous

#B46F2E #B4B22E #73B42E

triadic

#B4B22E #2EB4B2 #B22EB4

tetradic

#B4B22E #2EB46F #2E30B4 #B42E73

square

#B4B22E #2EB46F #2E30B4 #B42E73

split-complementary

#B4B22E #2E73B4 #6F2EB4

monochromatic

#535215 #838222 #B4B22E #D2D04E #DEDD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4B22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B4B22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B22E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B22E	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.146 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec871',
    500: '#b4b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b22e;
$custom-light: #cec871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B22E

secondary

#7778C7

accent

#48E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B22E

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

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