#B4B52B#B4B52B

#B4B52B 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	#B4B52B
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -16.14, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 66.76, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0515 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.151 110)
XYZ	xyz(35.7836, 42.9265, 8.6857)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B52B #2C2BB5

analogous

#B5712B #B4B52B #6FB52B

triadic

#B4B52B #2BB4B5 #B52BB4

tetradic

#B4B52B #2BB571 #2C2BB5 #B52B6F

square

#B4B52B #2BB571 #2C2BB5 #B52B6F

split-complementary

#B4B52B #2B6FB5 #712BB5

monochromatic

#525214 #83841F #B4B52B #D3D449 #DFE07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#B4B52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B52B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B52B	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)

#C4AD05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.151 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca70',
    500: '#b4b52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b52b;
$custom-light: #ceca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.42925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B52B

secondary

#7574C8

accent

#43E544

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B52B

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

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