#B4B642#B4B642

#B4B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B642
RGB	rgb(180, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -15.46, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 58.76, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0473 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.137 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5348, 43.5535, 11.6353)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B642 #4442B6

analogous

#B67E42 #B4B642 #7AB642

triadic

#B4B642 #42B4B6 #B642B4

tetradic

#B4B642 #42B67E #4442B6 #B6427A

square

#B4B642 #42B67E #4442B6 #B6427A

split-complementary

#B4B642 #427AB6 #7E42B6

monochromatic

#5B5C21 #888932 #B4B642 #C8CA6C #D9DA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B4B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#B4B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B642

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B642	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcb7c',
    500: '#b4b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b642;
$custom-light: #cdcb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75268,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B642

secondary

#8F8EC6

accent

#51D654

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B642

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

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