#B4B72A#B4B72A

#B4B72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.153 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B72A
RGB	rgb(180, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -17.19, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 67.80, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0545 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.153 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1751, 43.7384, 8.7268)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B72A #2D2AB7

analogous

#B7742A #B4B72A #6DB72A

triadic

#B4B72A #2AB4B7 #B72AB4

tetradic

#B4B72A #2AB774 #2D2AB7 #B72A6D

square

#B4B72A #2AB774 #2D2AB7 #B72A6D

split-complementary

#B4B72A #2A6DB7 #742AB7

monochromatic

#525313 #83851F #B4B72A #D2D549 #DEE17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B4B72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B72A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B72A	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.153 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc70',
    500: '#b4b72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b72a;
$custom-light: #cecc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75319,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B72A

secondary

#7674C9

accent

#42E646

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B72A

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

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