#B4B72C#B4B72C

#B4B72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.152 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B72C
RGB	rgb(180, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -17.11, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 67.19, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0541 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.152 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2118, 43.7531, 8.9201)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B72C #2F2CB7

analogous

#B7752C #B4B72C #6FB72C

triadic

#B4B72C #2CB4B7 #B72CB4

tetradic

#B4B72C #2CB775 #2F2CB7 #B72C6F

square

#B4B72C #2CB775 #2F2CB7 #B72C6F

split-complementary

#B4B72C #2C6FB7 #752CB7

monochromatic

#535414 #838620 #B4B72C #D1D44C #DEE07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B4B72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B72C

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B72C	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)

#C6AF06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.152 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc71',
    500: '#b4b72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b72c;
$custom-light: #cecc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.295,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7533,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B72C

secondary

#7876C8

accent

#43E447

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B72C

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

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