#B4B53E#B4B53E

#B4B53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B53E
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 65.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -15.20, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 59.97, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.047 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.139 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2169, 43.0998, 10.9678)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B53E #3F3EB5

analogous

#B57A3E #B4B53E #79B53E

triadic

#B4B53E #3EB4B5 #B53EB4

tetradic

#B4B53E #3EB57A #3F3EB5 #B53E79

square

#B4B53E #3EB57A #3F3EB5 #B53E79

split-complementary

#B4B53E #3E79B5 #7A3EB5

monochromatic

#595A1F #87872E #B4B53E #CACA66 #DADA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B4B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B53E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B53E	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)

#C3AD2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb7a',
    500: '#b4b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b53e;
$custom-light: #cdcb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B53E

secondary

#8A89C5

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B53E

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

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