#B4B41A#B4B41A

#B4B41A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.157 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B41A
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 85.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -16.18, 69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 70.88, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0528 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.157 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3315, 42.4215, 7.3041)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B41A #1A1AB4

analogous

#B4671A #B4B41A #67B41A

triadic

#B4B41A #1AB4B4 #B41AB4

tetradic

#B4B41A #1AB467 #1A1AB4 #B41A67

square

#B4B41A #1AB467 #1A1AB4 #B41A67

split-complementary

#B4B41A #1A67B4 #671AB4

monochromatic

#49490B #7F7F12 #B4B41A #E0E02B #E8E860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4B41A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B4B41A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B41A

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B41A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B41A	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B02B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b41a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.157 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfca69',
    500: '#b4b41a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b41a;
$custom-light: #cfca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b41a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B41A

secondary

#5D5DCC

accent

#36F136

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B41A

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

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