#B4B438#B4B438

#B4B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.142 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B438
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -15.02, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 61.90, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0471 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.142 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8587, 42.6324, 10.0806)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B438 #3838B4

analogous

#B47638 #B4B438 #76B438

triadic

#B4B438 #38B4B4 #B438B4

tetradic

#B4B438 #38B476 #3838B4 #B43876

square

#B4B438 #38B476 #3838B4 #B43876

split-complementary

#B4B438 #3876B4 #7638B4

monochromatic

#57571B #858529 #B4B438 #CDCD5D #DBDB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B4B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B438

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B438	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.142 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca76',
    500: '#b4b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b438;
$custom-light: #ceca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74746,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B438

secondary

#8282C5

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B438

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

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