#B4B549#B4B549

#B4B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B549
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -14.48, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 55.38, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0438 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.13 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5499, 43.2330, 12.7215)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B549 #4A49B5

analogous

#B58049 #B4B549 #7EB549

triadic

#B4B549 #49B4B5 #B549B4

tetradic

#B4B549 #49B580 #4A49B5 #B5497E

square

#B4B549 #49B580 #4A49B5 #B5497E

split-complementary

#B4B549 #497EB5 #8049B5

monochromatic

#5D5E26 #898937 #B4B549 #C6C774 #D8D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B4B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B4B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B549

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B549	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb80',
    500: '#b4b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b549;
$custom-light: #cdcb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B549

secondary

#9594C5

accent

#55D257

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B549

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

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