#B4B73B#B4B73B

#B4B73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.143 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B73B
RGB	rgb(180, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -16.38, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 61.95, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0507 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.143 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5465, 43.8870, 10.6827)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B73B #3E3BB7

analogous

#B77C3B #B4B73B #76B73B

triadic

#B4B73B #3BB4B7 #B73BB4

tetradic

#B4B73B #3BB77C #3E3BB7 #B73B76

square

#B4B73B #3BB77C #3E3BB7 #B73B76

split-complementary

#B4B73B #3B76B7 #7C3BB7

monochromatic

#595A1D #86892C #B4B73B #CACD63 #DADC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B4B73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B4B73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B73B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B73B	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.143 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecc78',
    500: '#b4b73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b73b;
$custom-light: #cecc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7543,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B73B

secondary

#8987C6

accent

#4DDB51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B73B

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

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