#B4B236#B4B236

#B4B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.141 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B236
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -14.11, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 61.88, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0448 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4099, 41.8115, 9.6945)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B236 #3638B4

analogous

#B47336 #B4B236 #77B436

triadic

#B4B236 #36B4B2 #B236B4

tetradic

#B4B236 #36B473 #3638B4 #B43677

square

#B4B236 #36B473 #3638B4 #B43677

split-complementary

#B4B236 #3677B4 #7336B4

monochromatic

#56551A #858328 #B4B236 #CDCC5A #DCDA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B4B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B236

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B236	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)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec875',
    500: '#b4b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b236;
$custom-light: #cec875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74292,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B236

secondary

#8081C6

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B236

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

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