#B4B23E#B4B23E

#B4B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B23E
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -13.66, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 58.77, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0427 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.136 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6135, 41.8930, 10.7667)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B23E #3E40B4

analogous

#B4773E #B4B23E #7BB43E

triadic

#B4B23E #3EB4B2 #B23EB4

tetradic

#B4B23E #3EB477 #3E40B4 #B43E7B

square

#B4B23E #3EB477 #3E40B4 #B43E7B

split-complementary

#B4B23E #3E7BB4 #773EB4

monochromatic

#59581F #86852E #B4B23E #CAC865 #DAD893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B4B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B23E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B23E	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)

#C0AB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc879',
    500: '#b4b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b23e;
$custom-light: #cdc879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74355,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B23E

secondary

#898AC5

accent

#52D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B23E

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

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