#B4B836#B4B836

#B4B836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.147 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B836
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -17.16, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 64.20, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0533 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.147 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6299, 44.2516, 10.1012)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B836 #3A36B8

analogous

#B87B36 #B4B836 #73B836

triadic

#B4B836 #36B4B8 #B836B4

tetradic

#B4B836 #36B87B #3A36B8 #B83673

square

#B4B836 #36B87B #3A36B8 #B83673

split-complementary

#B4B836 #3673B8 #7B36B8

monochromatic

#57591A #868928 #B4B836 #CCCF5C #DBDD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4B836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B4B836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B836

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B836	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)

#C6B01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.147 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd76',
    500: '#b4b836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b836;
$custom-light: #cecd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75614,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B836

secondary

#8582C7

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B836

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

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