#B4B31E#B4B31E

#B4B31E 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	#B4B31E
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 83.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -15.57, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 69.64, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0509 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.155 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1782, 42.0384, 7.4892)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B31E #1E1FB4

analogous

#B4681E #B4B31E #6AB41E

triadic

#B4B31E #1EB4B3 #B31EB4

tetradic

#B4B31E #1EB468 #1E1FB4 #B41E6A

square

#B4B31E #1EB468 #1E1FB4 #B41E6A

split-complementary

#B4B31E #1E6AB4 #681EB4

monochromatic

#4B4B0D #807F15 #B4B31E #DDDC32 #E6E567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B31E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#B4B31E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B31E

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B31E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B31E	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: #b4b31e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.155 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc96b',
    500: '#b4b31e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b31e;
$custom-light: #cfc96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b31e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74379,
    "c": 0.15456,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B31E

secondary

#6364CB

accent

#3BEE3A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B31E

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

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