#B4B535#B4B535

#B4B535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.145 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B535
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -15.69, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 63.39, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0493 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.145 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9901, 43.0091, 9.7732)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B535 #3635B5

analogous

#B57635 #B4B535 #74B535

triadic

#B4B535 #35B4B5 #B535B4

tetradic

#B4B535 #35B576 #3635B5 #B53574

square

#B4B535 #35B576 #3635B5 #B53574

split-complementary

#B4B535 #3574B5 #7635B5

monochromatic

#565619 #858627 #B4B535 #CDCE59 #DCDC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B4B535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B535

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B535	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)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.145 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca75',
    500: '#b4b535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b535;
$custom-light: #ceca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B535

secondary

#8080C6

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B535

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

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