#B4B72E#B4B72E

#B4B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.151 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B72E
RGB	rgb(180, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -17.03, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 66.55, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0537 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.151 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2503, 43.7685, 9.1229)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B72E #312EB7

analogous

#B7762E #B4B72E #6FB72E

triadic

#B4B72E #2EB4B7 #B72EB4

tetradic

#B4B72E #2EB776 #312EB7 #B72E6F

square

#B4B72E #2EB776 #312EB7 #B72E6F

split-complementary

#B4B72E #2E6FB7 #762EB7

monochromatic

#545515 #848622 #B4B72E #D0D34F #DDDF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B4B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B72E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B72E	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)

#C6AF0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.151 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc72',
    500: '#b4b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b72e;
$custom-light: #cecc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75341,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B72E

secondary

#7B79C8

accent

#45E348

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B72E

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

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