#B4B52C#B4B52C

#B4B52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.150 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B52C
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -16.10, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 66.44, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0513 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.15 110)
XYZ	xyz(35.8022, 42.9340, 8.7835)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B52C #2D2CB5

analogous

#B5722C #B4B52C #70B52C

triadic

#B4B52C #2CB4B5 #B52CB4

tetradic

#B4B52C #2CB572 #2D2CB5 #B52C70

square

#B4B52C #2CB572 #2D2CB5 #B52C70

split-complementary

#B4B52C #2C70B5 #722CB5

monochromatic

#525314 #838420 #B4B52C #D2D34B #DEDF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B4B52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B52C

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B52C	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)

#C4AD08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.150 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca70',
    500: '#b4b52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b52c;
$custom-light: #ceca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74888,
    "c": 0.15017,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.42933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B52C

secondary

#7675C8

accent

#44E445

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B52C

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

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