#B4B436#B4B436

#B4B436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.143 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B436
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -15.13, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 62.64, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0476 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.143 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8108, 42.6132, 9.8281)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B436 #3636B4

analogous

#B47536 #B4B436 #75B436

triadic

#B4B436 #36B4B4 #B436B4

tetradic

#B4B436 #36B475 #3636B4 #B43675

square

#B4B436 #36B475 #3636B4 #B43675

split-complementary

#B4B436 #3675B4 #7536B4

monochromatic

#56561A #858528 #B4B436 #CDCD5A #DCDC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4B436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B4B436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B436

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B436	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.143 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca75',
    500: '#b4b436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b436;
$custom-light: #ceca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74731,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B436

secondary

#8080C6

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B436

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

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