#B4B552#B4B552

#B4B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.122 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B552
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -13.79, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 51.35, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0409 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.122 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8702, 43.3611, 14.4083)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B552 #5352B5

analogous

#B58552 #B4B552 #83B552

triadic

#B4B552 #52B4B5 #B552B4

tetradic

#B4B552 #52B585 #5352B5 #B55283

square

#B4B552 #52B585 #5352B5 #B55283

split-complementary

#B4B552 #5283B5 #8552B5

monochromatic

#62622A #8D8D3C #B4B552 #C7C77D #D9DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B4B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B552

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B552	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)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.122 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb86',
    500: '#b4b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b552;
$custom-light: #cdcb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.606,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B552

secondary

#9C9CC7

accent

#58D059

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B552

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

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