#B4B42E#B4B42E

#B4B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.148 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B42E
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -15.51, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 65.43, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0494 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.148 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6381, 42.5441, 8.9188)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B42E #2E2EB4

analogous

#B4712E #B4B42E #71B42E

triadic

#B4B42E #2EB4B4 #B42EB4

tetradic

#B4B42E #2EB471 #2E2EB4 #B42E71

square

#B4B42E #2EB471 #2E2EB4 #B42E71

split-complementary

#B4B42E #2E71B4 #712EB4

monochromatic

#535315 #838322 #B4B42E #D2D24E #DEDE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B4B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B42E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B42E	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.148 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca71',
    500: '#b4b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b42e;
$custom-light: #ceca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74679,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B42E

secondary

#7777C7

accent

#45E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B42E

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

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