#B4B359#B4B359

#B4B359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B359
RGB	rgb(180, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -12.16, 45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 47.18, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0355 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.113 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7465, 42.6657, 15.7488)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B359 #595AB4

analogous

#B48659 #B4B359 #87B459

triadic

#B4B359 #59B4B3 #B359B4

tetradic

#B4B359 #59B486 #595AB4 #B45987

square

#B4B359 #59B486 #595AB4 #B45987

split-complementary

#B4B359 #5987B4 #8659B4

monochromatic

#65642E #8F8E41 #B4B359 #C7C683 #DADAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B4B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B359

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B359	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc98a',
    500: '#b4b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b359;
$custom-light: #ccc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.341,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B359

secondary

#A1A1C8

accent

#5BCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B359

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

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