#B4B53D#B4B53D

#B4B53D 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	#B4B53D
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -15.25, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 60.37, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0473 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.14 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1897, 43.0890, 10.8246)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B53D #3E3DB5

analogous

#B57A3D #B4B53D #78B53D

triadic

#B4B53D #3DB4B5 #B53DB4

tetradic

#B4B53D #3DB57A #3E3DB5 #B53D78

square

#B4B53D #3DB57A #3E3DB5 #B53D78

split-complementary

#B4B53D #3D78B5 #7A3DB5

monochromatic

#59591E #86872E #B4B53D #CACB64 #DADA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B4B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B53D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B53D	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)

#C3AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.140 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceca79',
    500: '#b4b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b53d;
$custom-light: #ceca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75005,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B53D

secondary

#8988C5

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B53D

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

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