#B4B52E#B4B52E

#B4B52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.149 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B52E
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -16.02, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 65.80, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0509 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.149 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8407, 42.9494, 8.9863)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B52E #2F2EB5

analogous

#B5722E #B4B52E #71B52E

triadic

#B4B52E #2EB4B5 #B52EB4

tetradic

#B4B52E #2EB572 #2F2EB5 #B52E71

square

#B4B52E #2EB572 #2F2EB5 #B52E71

split-complementary

#B4B52E #2E71B5 #722EB5

monochromatic

#535315 #838422 #B4B52E #D1D24E #DEDE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B4B52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B52E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B52E	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)

#C4AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.149 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca71',
    500: '#b4b52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b52e;
$custom-light: #ceca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74899,
    "c": 0.1491,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B52E

secondary

#7878C7

accent

#45E346

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B52E

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

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