#B4B427#B4B427

#B4B427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.152 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B427
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -15.79, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 67.60, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0508 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.152 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5112, 42.4934, 8.2505)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B427 #2727B4

analogous

#B46D27 #B4B427 #6DB427

triadic

#B4B427 #27B4B4 #B427B4

tetradic

#B4B427 #27B46D #2727B4 #B4276D

square

#B4B427 #27B46D #2727B4 #B4276D

split-complementary

#B4B427 #276DB4 #6D27B4

monochromatic

#4F4F11 #82821C #B4B427 #D6D642 #E1E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4B427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B4B427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B427

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B427	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.152 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca6e',
    500: '#b4b427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b427;
$custom-light: #ceca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7464,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B427

secondary

#6F6FC8

accent

#40E740

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B427

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

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