#B4B23D#B4B23D

#B4B23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.136 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B23D
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -13.72, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 59.18, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.043 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5863, 41.8821, 10.6235)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B23D #3D3FB4

analogous

#B4773D #B4B23D #7AB43D

triadic

#B4B23D #3DB4B2 #B23DB4

tetradic

#B4B23D #3DB477 #3D3FB4 #B43D7A

square

#B4B23D #3DB477 #3D3FB4 #B43D7A

split-complementary

#B4B23D #3D7AB4 #773DB4

monochromatic

#59581E #86852E #B4B23D #CAC964 #DAD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B4B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B23D

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B23D	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec879',
    500: '#b4b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b23d;
$custom-light: #cec879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B23D

secondary

#8889C5

accent

#51D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B23D

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

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