#B4B835#B4B835

#B4B835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.148 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B835
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -17.21, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 64.56, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0536 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.148 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6067, 44.2423, 9.9787)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B835 #3935B8

analogous

#B87B35 #B4B835 #73B835

triadic

#B4B835 #35B4B8 #B835B4

tetradic

#B4B835 #35B87B #3935B8 #B83573

square

#B4B835 #35B87B #3935B8 #B83573

split-complementary

#B4B835 #3573B8 #7B35B8

monochromatic

#57591A #868827 #B4B835 #CCD05B #DBDD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4B835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B4B835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B835

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B835	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.148 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd75',
    500: '#b4b835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b835;
$custom-light: #cecd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.832,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B835

secondary

#8381C7

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B835

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

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