#B4B533#B4B533

#B4B533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.146 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B533
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -15.79, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 64.10, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0498 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.146 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9451, 42.9911, 9.5360)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B533 #3433B5

analogous

#B57533 #B4B533 #73B533

triadic

#B4B533 #33B4B5 #B533B4

tetradic

#B4B533 #33B575 #3433B5 #B53373

square

#B4B533 #33B575 #3433B5 #B53373

split-complementary

#B4B533 #3373B5 #7533B5

monochromatic

#555618 #858526 #B4B533 #CECF56 #DCDD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B4B533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B533

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B533	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)

#C4AD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.146 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca74',
    500: '#b4b533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b533;
$custom-light: #ceca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74931,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B533

secondary

#7E7DC6

accent

#48DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B533

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

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