#B4B23A#B4B23A

#B4B23A 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	#B4B23A
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -13.89, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 60.36, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0438 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.139 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5078, 41.8507, 10.2097)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B23A #3A3CB4

analogous

#B4753A #B4B23A #79B43A

triadic

#B4B23A #3AB4B2 #B23AB4

tetradic

#B4B23A #3AB475 #3A3CB4 #B43A79

square

#B4B23A #3AB475 #3A3CB4 #B43A79

split-complementary

#B4B23A #3A79B4 #753AB4

monochromatic

#57561C #86842B #B4B23A #CCCA60 #DBD98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B4B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B23A

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B23A	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)

#C0AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.139 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec877',
    500: '#b4b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b23a;
$custom-light: #cec877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74322,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B23A

secondary

#8586C5

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B23A

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

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