#B4B449#B4B449

#B4B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B449
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -13.96, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 54.96, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0424 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.129 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3473, 42.8278, 12.6540)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B449 #4949B4

analogous

#B47F49 #B4B449 #7FB449

triadic

#B4B449 #49B4B4 #B449B4

tetradic

#B4B449 #49B47F #4949B4 #B4497F

square

#B4B449 #49B47F #4949B4 #B4497F

split-complementary

#B4B449 #497FB4 #7F49B4

monochromatic

#5D5D26 #888837 #B4B449 #C7C774 #D8D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B4B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B4B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B449

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B449	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca80',
    500: '#b4b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b449;
$custom-light: #cdca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74895,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B449

secondary

#9494C5

accent

#56D256

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B449

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

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