#B4B319#B4B319

#B4B319 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.156 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B319
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 25)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -15.70, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 70.76, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0515 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.156 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1194, 42.0148, 7.1792)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B319 #191AB4

analogous

#B46619 #B4B319 #67B419

triadic

#B4B319 #19B4B3 #B319B4

tetradic

#B4B319 #19B466 #191AB4 #B41967

square

#B4B319 #19B466 #191AB4 #B41967

split-complementary

#B4B319 #1967B4 #6619B4

monochromatic

#49480A #7E7E12 #B4B319 #E1E029 #E9E85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B4B319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B319

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B319	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)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B02A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.156 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc969',
    500: '#b4b319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b319;
$custom-light: #cfc969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.613,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B319

secondary

#5C5DCD

accent

#37F236

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B319

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

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