#B4B440#B4B440

#B4B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B440
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -14.56, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 58.76, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.045 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.136 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0702, 42.7170, 11.1946)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B440 #4040B4

analogous

#B47A40 #B4B440 #7AB440

triadic

#B4B440 #40B4B4 #B440B4

tetradic

#B4B440 #40B47A #4040B4 #B4407A

square

#B4B440 #40B47A #4040B4 #B4407A

split-complementary

#B4B440 #407AB4 #7A40B4

monochromatic

#5A5A20 #878730 #B4B440 #C9C968 #D9D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B4B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B440

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B440	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca7b',
    500: '#b4b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b440;
$custom-light: #cdca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74811,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B440

secondary

#8B8BC5

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B440

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

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