#B4B243#B4B243

#B4B243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.132 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B243
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -13.35, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 56.71, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0413 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.132 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7571, 41.9504, 11.5228)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B243 #4345B4

analogous

#B47943 #B4B243 #7DB443

triadic

#B4B243 #43B4B2 #B243B4

tetradic

#B4B243 #43B479 #4345B4 #B4437D

square

#B4B243 #43B479 #4345B4 #B4437D

split-complementary

#B4B243 #437DB4 #7943B4

monochromatic

#5B5A22 #878632 #B4B243 #C8C76C #D9D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B4B243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B4B243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B243

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B243	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.132 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc87c',
    500: '#b4b243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b243;
$custom-light: #cdc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74399,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B243

secondary

#8E8FC5

accent

#55D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B243

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

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