#B4B437#B4B437

#B4B437 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	#B4B437
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -15.08, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 62.27, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0474 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.143 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8345, 42.6227, 9.9531)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B437 #3737B4

analogous

#B47537 #B4B437 #75B437

triadic

#B4B437 #37B4B4 #B437B4

tetradic

#B4B437 #37B475 #3737B4 #B43775

square

#B4B437 #37B475 #3737B4 #B43775

split-complementary

#B4B437 #3775B4 #7537B4

monochromatic

#56561A #858529 #B4B437 #CDCD5B #DBDB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B4B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B437

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B437	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.143 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca76',
    500: '#b4b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b437;
$custom-light: #ceca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B437

secondary

#8181C6

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B437

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

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