#B4B429#B4B429

#B4B429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.151 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B429
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -15.71, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 67.00, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0504 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.151 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5452, 42.5070, 8.4297)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B429 #2929B4

analogous

#B46E29 #B4B429 #6EB429

triadic

#B4B429 #29B4B4 #B429B4

tetradic

#B4B429 #29B46E #2929B4 #B4296E

square

#B4B429 #29B46E #2929B4 #B4296E

split-complementary

#B4B429 #296EB4 #6E29B4

monochromatic

#505012 #82821E #B4B429 #D5D545 #E0E077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4B429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B4B429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B429

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B429	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)

#C5B035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.151 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca6f',
    500: '#b4b429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b429;
$custom-light: #ceca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7465,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B429

secondary

#7171C8

accent

#42E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B429

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

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