#B4B62A#B4B62A

#B4B62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.152 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B62A
RGB	rgb(180, 182, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -16.69, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 67.43, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0531 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.152 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9696, 43.3274, 8.6583)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B62A #2C2AB6

analogous

#B6722A #B4B62A #6EB62A

triadic

#B4B62A #2AB4B6 #B62AB4

tetradic

#B4B62A #2AB672 #2C2AB6 #B62A6E

square

#B4B62A #2AB672 #2C2AB6 #B62A6E

split-complementary

#B4B62A #2A6EB6 #722AB6

monochromatic

#525313 #83841F #B4B62A #D3D548 #DFE07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B4B62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B4B62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B62A

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B62A	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)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 182, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.152 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecb70',
    500: '#b4b62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b62a;
$custom-light: #cecb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75098,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B62A

secondary

#7573C8

accent

#42E645

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B62A

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

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