#B4B52A#B4B52A

#B4B52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.151 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B52A
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -16.18, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 67.06, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0517 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.151 110)
XYZ	xyz(35.7655, 42.9193, 8.5903)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B52A #2B2AB5

analogous

#B5702A #B4B52A #6EB52A

triadic

#B4B52A #2AB4B5 #B52AB4

tetradic

#B4B52A #2AB570 #2B2AB5 #B52A6E

square

#B4B52A #2AB570 #2B2AB5 #B52A6E

split-complementary

#B4B52A #2A6EB5 #702AB5

monochromatic

#515213 #83831E #B4B52A #D3D448 #DFE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B4B52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B52A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B52A	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.151 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca70',
    500: '#b4b52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b52a;
$custom-light: #ceca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.42918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B52A

secondary

#7373C8

accent

#42E544

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B52A

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

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