#B4B553#B4B553

#B4B553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B553
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 54.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -13.71, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 50.89, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0405 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.121 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9085, 43.3765, 14.6102)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B553 #5453B5

analogous

#B58553 #B4B553 #83B553

triadic

#B4B553 #53B4B5 #B553B4

tetradic

#B4B553 #53B585 #5453B5 #B55383

square

#B4B553 #53B585 #5453B5 #B55383

split-complementary

#B4B553 #5383B5 #8553B5

monochromatic

#62632B #8D8E3D #B4B553 #C7C77E #D9DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4B553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B4B553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B553

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B553	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb86',
    500: '#b4b553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b553;
$custom-light: #cdcb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.612,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75223,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B553

secondary

#9D9CC7

accent

#58D059

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B553

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

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