#B4B551#B4B551

#B4B551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B551
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -13.87, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 51.81, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0412 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.123 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8324, 43.3460, 14.2094)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B551 #5251B5

analogous

#B58451 #B4B551 #82B551

triadic

#B4B551 #51B4B5 #B551B4

tetradic

#B4B551 #51B584 #5251B5 #B55182

square

#B4B551 #51B584 #5251B5 #B55182

split-complementary

#B4B551 #5182B5 #8451B5

monochromatic

#61622A #8C8D3C #B4B551 #C7C77C #D9DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B4B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B551

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B551	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)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb85',
    500: '#b4b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b551;
$custom-light: #cdcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.752,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B551

secondary

#9B9BC7

accent

#58D059

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B551

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

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