#B4B736#B4B736

#B4B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.146 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B736
RGB	rgb(180, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -16.65, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 63.81, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0519 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.146 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4229, 43.8376, 10.0322)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B736 #3936B7

analogous

#B77A36 #B4B736 #74B736

triadic

#B4B736 #36B4B7 #B736B4

tetradic

#B4B736 #36B77A #3936B7 #B73674

square

#B4B736 #36B77A #3936B7 #B73674

split-complementary

#B4B736 #3674B7 #7A36B7

monochromatic

#57581A #868828 #B4B736 #CCCF5B #DBDD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B4B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B736

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B736	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.146 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc76',
    500: '#b4b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b736;
$custom-light: #cecc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B736

secondary

#8382C7

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B736

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

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