#B4B233#B4B233

#B4B233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.143 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B233
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -14.26, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 62.97, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0455 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.143 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3416, 41.7842, 9.3348)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B233 #3335B4

analogous

#B47233 #B4B233 #75B433

triadic

#B4B233 #33B4B2 #B233B4

tetradic

#B4B233 #33B472 #3335B4 #B43375

square

#B4B233 #33B472 #3335B4 #B43375

split-complementary

#B4B233 #3375B4 #7233B4

monochromatic

#555418 #848325 #B4B233 #CFCD55 #DCDB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B4B233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B233

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B233	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.143 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec874',
    500: '#b4b233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b233;
$custom-light: #cec874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B233

secondary

#7D7EC6

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B233

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

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