#B4B230#B4B230

#B4B230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B230
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -14.40, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 64.02, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0462 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2776, 41.7586, 8.9977)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B230 #3032B4

analogous

#B47030 #B4B230 #74B430

triadic

#B4B230 #30B4B2 #B230B4

tetradic

#B4B230 #30B470 #3032B4 #B43074

square

#B4B230 #30B470 #3032B4 #B43074

split-complementary

#B4B230 #3074B4 #7030B4

monochromatic

#535216 #848223 #B4B230 #D1CF51 #DDDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4B230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B4B230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B230

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B230	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)

#C1AB16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec872',
    500: '#b4b230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b230;
$custom-light: #cec872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B230

secondary

#797BC6

accent

#49E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B230

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

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