#B4B249#B4B249

#B4B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B249
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -12.94, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 54.12, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0394 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.127 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9465, 42.0262, 12.5204)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B249 #494BB4

analogous

#B47D49 #B4B249 #80B449

triadic

#B4B249 #49B4B2 #B249B4

tetradic

#B4B249 #49B47D #494BB4 #B44980

square

#B4B249 #49B47D #494BB4 #B44980

split-complementary

#B4B249 #4980B4 #7D49B4

monochromatic

#5D5C26 #888737 #B4B249 #C7C574 #D8D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B4B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B249

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B249	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)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc880',
    500: '#b4b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b249;
$custom-light: #cdc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74457,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B249

secondary

#9495C5

accent

#58D256

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B249

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

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