#B4B31A#B4B31A

#B4B31A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B31A
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 85.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -15.67, 68.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 70.55, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0514 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1304, 42.0192, 7.2371)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B31A #1A1BB4

analogous

#B4661A #B4B31A #68B41A

triadic

#B4B31A #1AB4B3 #B31AB4

tetradic

#B4B31A #1AB466 #1A1BB4 #B41A68

square

#B4B31A #1AB466 #1A1BB4 #B41A68

split-complementary

#B4B31A #1A68B4 #661AB4

monochromatic

#49490B #7F7E12 #B4B31A #E0DF2B #E8E760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B31A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B4B31A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B31A

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B31A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B31A	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)

#C4B02B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b31a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc969',
    500: '#b4b31a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b31a;
$custom-light: #cfc969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b31a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.61,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74364,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B31A

secondary

#5D5ECC

accent

#38F136

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B31A

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

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