#B4B455#B4B455

#B4B455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B455
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -13.03, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 49.51, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0384 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.118 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7843, 43.0026, 14.9552)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B455 #5555B4

analogous

#B48555 #B4B455 #85B455

triadic

#B4B455 #55B4B4 #B455B4

tetradic

#B4B455 #55B485 #5555B4 #B45585

square

#B4B455 #55B485 #5555B4 #B45585

split-complementary

#B4B455 #5585B4 #8555B4

monochromatic

#63632C #8D8D3E #B4B455 #C7C77F #D9D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B4B455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B455

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B455	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccca88',
    500: '#b4b455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b455;
$custom-light: #ccca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75028,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B455

secondary

#9E9EC7

accent

#59CF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B455

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

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