#B4B550#B4B550

#B4B550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B550
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 55.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -13.95, 50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 52.26, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0416 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.124 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7952, 43.3312, 14.0133)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B550 #5150B5

analogous

#B58350 #B4B550 #81B550

triadic

#B4B550 #50B4B5 #B550B4

tetradic

#B4B550 #50B583 #5150B5 #B55081

square

#B4B550 #50B583 #5150B5 #B55081

split-complementary

#B4B550 #5081B5 #8350B5

monochromatic

#616129 #8C8C3B #B4B550 #C6C77B #D9D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B4B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B550

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B550	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb85',
    500: '#b4b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b550;
$custom-light: #cdcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.594,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75189,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B550

secondary

#9B9AC7

accent

#57D059

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B550

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

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