#B4B237#B4B237

#B4B237 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	#B4B237
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -14.05, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 61.50, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0445 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.141 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4336, 41.8210, 9.8194)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B237 #3739B4

analogous

#B47337 #B4B237 #77B437

triadic

#B4B237 #37B4B2 #B237B4

tetradic

#B4B237 #37B473 #3739B4 #B43777

square

#B4B237 #37B473 #3739B4 #B43777

split-complementary

#B4B237 #3777B4 #7337B4

monochromatic

#56551A #858429 #B4B237 #CDCB5B #DBDA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B4B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B237

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B237	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)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.141 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec876',
    500: '#b4b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b237;
$custom-light: #cec876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B237

secondary

#8182C6

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B237

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

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