#B4B53A#B4B53A

#B4B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.142 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B53A
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -15.42, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 61.53, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0481 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.142 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1112, 43.0575, 10.4109)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B53A #3B3AB5

analogous

#B5793A #B4B53A #77B53A

triadic

#B4B53A #3AB4B5 #B53AB4

tetradic

#B4B53A #3AB579 #3B3AB5 #B53A77

square

#B4B53A #3AB579 #3B3AB5 #B53A77

split-complementary

#B4B53A #3A77B5 #793AB5

monochromatic

#58581C #86872B #B4B53A #CBCC60 #DADB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B4B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B53A

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B53A	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C3AD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.142 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca78',
    500: '#b4b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b53a;
$custom-light: #ceca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74981,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B53A

secondary

#8685C6

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B53A

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

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