#B4B453#B4B453

#B4B453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B453
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -13.20, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 50.45, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0391 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.12 109)
XYZ	xyz(36.7059, 42.9713, 14.5426)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B453 #5353B4

analogous

#B48453 #B4B453 #84B453

triadic

#B4B453 #53B4B4 #B453B4

tetradic

#B4B453 #53B484 #5353B4 #B45384

square

#B4B453 #53B484 #5353B4 #B45384

split-complementary

#B4B453 #5384B4 #8453B4

monochromatic

#62622B #8D8D3D #B4B453 #C7C77E #D9D9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B4B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B453

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B453	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdca86',
    500: '#b4b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b453;
$custom-light: #cdca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75004,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.4297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B453

secondary

#9C9CC7

accent

#59CF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B453

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

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