#B4B53C#B4B53C
#B4B53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.140 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4B53C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 181, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 50%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 67%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 66.9%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.61, -15.31, 58.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.61, 60.76, 104.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75% -0.0476 0.132) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75% 0.14 109.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.1631, 43.0783, 10.6841) |
| Luminance | 0.4308 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.98
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.32
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.96
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.14
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.29
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4B53C #3D3CB5
analogous
#B57A3C #B4B53C #77B53C
triadic
#B4B53C #3CB4B5 #B53CB4
tetradic
#B4B53C #3CB57A #3D3CB5 #B53C77
square
#B4B53C #3CB57A #3D3CB5 #B53C77
split-complementary
#B4B53C #3C77B5 #7A3CB5
monochromatic
#59591E #86872D #B4B53C #CACB63 #DADB91
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#B4B53C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.62
#B4B53C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4B53C
9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4B53C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4B53C | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.62 | 9.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3AD2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B144
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0AA9D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4b53c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.140 109.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ceca79',
500: '#b4b53c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4b53c; $custom-light: #ceca79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4b53c",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 181,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.496,
"s": 50.207,
"l": 47.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74997,
"c": 0.14029,
"h": 109.8
},
"luminance": 0.43077
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4B53C
secondary
#8887C6
accent
#4EDA4F
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8EE
border
#D3D1C9
text
#141309
muted
#83827B