#B4B538#B4B538

#B4B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.143 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B538
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -15.53, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 62.29, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0486 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.143 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0613, 43.0376, 10.1481)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B538 #3938B5

analogous

#B57838 #B4B538 #76B538

triadic

#B4B538 #38B4B5 #B538B4

tetradic

#B4B538 #38B578 #3938B5 #B53876

square

#B4B538 #38B578 #3938B5 #B53876

split-complementary

#B4B538 #3876B5 #7838B5

monochromatic

#57581B #86862A #B4B538 #CCCD5D #DBDB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B4B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B4B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B538

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B538	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.143 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca76',
    500: '#b4b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b538;
$custom-light: #ceca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74966,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B538

secondary

#8383C6

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B538

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

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