#B4B545#B4B545
#B4B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4B545 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 181, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 45%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 62%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 61.9%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.68, -14.75, 55.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.68, 57.10, 104.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.08% -0.045 0.1257) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.08% 0.134 109.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.4215, 43.1817, 12.0454) |
| Luminance | 0.4318 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.79
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.07
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 5.58
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.73
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.80
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4B545 #4645B5
analogous
#B57E45 #B4B545 #7CB545
triadic
#B4B545 #45B4B5 #B545B4
tetradic
#B4B545 #45B57E #4645B5 #B5457C
square
#B4B545 #45B57E #4645B5 #B5457C
split-complementary
#B4B545 #457CB5 #7E45B5
monochromatic
#5C5C23 #888934 #B4B545 #C7C86F #D8D99B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#B4B545 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#B4B545 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4B545
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4B545 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4B545 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.64 | 9.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3AE37
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B14C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0AA9E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4b545; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 109.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdcb7e',
500: '#b4b545',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4b545; $custom-light: #cdcb7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4b545",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 181,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.536,
"s": 44.8,
"l": 49.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75076,
"c": 0.1335,
"h": 109.7
},
"luminance": 0.43181
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4B545
secondary
#9191C5
accent
#53D554
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8EE
border
#D2D1C9
text
#14130A
muted
#82827C