#B4B331#B4B331

#B4B331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.145 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B331
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -14.86, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 64.04, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0474 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.145 109)
XYZ	xyz(35.4982, 42.1663, 9.1741)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B331 #3132B4

analogous

#B47231 #B4B331 #74B431

triadic

#B4B331 #31B4B3 #B331B4

tetradic

#B4B331 #31B472 #3132B4 #B43174

square

#B4B331 #31B472 #3132B4 #B43174

split-complementary

#B4B331 #3174B4 #7231B4

monochromatic

#545317 #848324 #B4B331 #D0CF52 #DDDC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B4B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B4B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B331

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B331	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.145 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec973',
    500: '#b4b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b331;
$custom-light: #cec973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.42165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B331

secondary

#7B7BC6

accent

#49E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B331

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

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