#B4B338#B4B338

#B4B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.141 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B338
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -14.51, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 61.51, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0457 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.141 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6575, 42.2301, 10.0135)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B338 #3839B4

analogous

#B47538 #B4B338 #77B438

triadic

#B4B338 #38B4B3 #B338B4

tetradic

#B4B338 #38B475 #3839B4 #B43877

square

#B4B338 #38B475 #3839B4 #B43877

split-complementary

#B4B338 #3877B4 #7538B4

monochromatic

#57561B #858529 #B4B338 #CDCC5D #DBDA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B4B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B4B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B338

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B338	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.141 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec976',
    500: '#b4b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b338;
$custom-light: #cec976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74526,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B338

secondary

#8283C5

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B338

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

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