#B4B239#B4B239

#B4B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.139 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B239
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -13.95, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 60.74, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.044 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.139 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4826, 41.8406, 10.0771)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B239 #393BB4

analogous

#B47539 #B4B239 #79B439

triadic

#B4B239 #39B4B2 #B239B4

tetradic

#B4B239 #39B475 #393BB4 #B43979

square

#B4B239 #39B475 #393BB4 #B43979

split-complementary

#B4B239 #3979B4 #7539B4

monochromatic

#57561C #86842A #B4B239 #CCCA5E #DBDA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B4B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B239

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B239	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.139 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec877',
    500: '#b4b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b239;
$custom-light: #cec877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74314,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B239

secondary

#8385C5

accent

#4FDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B239

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

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