#B4B248#B4B248

#B4B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.128 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B248
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -13.01, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 54.56, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0398 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.128 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9136, 42.0130, 12.3471)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B248 #484AB4

analogous

#B47C48 #B4B248 #80B448

triadic

#B4B248 #48B4B2 #B248B4

tetradic

#B4B248 #48B47C #484AB4 #B44880

square

#B4B248 #48B47C #484AB4 #B44880

split-complementary

#B4B248 #4880B4 #7C48B4

monochromatic

#5D5C25 #888737 #B4B248 #C7C572 #D8D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B4B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B248

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B248	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.128 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc87f',
    500: '#b4b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b248;
$custom-light: #cdc87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B248

secondary

#9394C5

accent

#57D355

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B248

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

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