#B4B31D#B4B31D

#B4B31D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.155 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B31D
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 29)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 83.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -15.60, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 69.88, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.051 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.155 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1657, 42.0333, 7.4230)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B31D #1D1EB4

analogous

#B4671D #B4B31D #69B41D

triadic

#B4B31D #1DB4B3 #B31DB4

tetradic

#B4B31D #1DB467 #1D1EB4 #B41D69

square

#B4B31D #1DB467 #1D1EB4 #B41D69

split-complementary

#B4B31D #1D69B4 #671DB4

monochromatic

#4B4A0C #7F7F15 #B4B31D #DEDD30 #E6E565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B31D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B4B31D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B31D

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B31D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B31D	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b31d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.155 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc96a',
    500: '#b4b31d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b31d;
$custom-light: #cfc96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b31d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.603,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74375,
    "c": 0.15493,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B31D

secondary

#6162CB

accent

#3AEF39

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B31D

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

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