#B4B831#B4B831

#B4B831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.150 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B831
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -17.40, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 65.94, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0545 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.15 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5185, 44.2070, 9.5142)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B831 #3531B8

analogous

#B87831 #B4B831 #70B831

triadic

#B4B831 #31B4B8 #B831B4

tetradic

#B4B831 #31B878 #3531B8 #B83170

square

#B4B831 #31B878 #3531B8 #B83170

split-complementary

#B4B831 #3170B8 #7831B8

monochromatic

#555717 #858824 #B4B831 #CED255 #DCDE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B4B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B831

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B831	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.150 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd73',
    500: '#b4b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b831;
$custom-light: #cecd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.778,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75581,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B831

secondary

#7F7DC8

accent

#47E14B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B831

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

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