#B4B837#B4B837

#B4B837 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	#B4B837
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -17.11, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 63.84, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0531 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.147 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6537, 44.2611, 10.2261)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B837 #3B37B8

analogous

#B87B37 #B4B837 #74B837

triadic

#B4B837 #37B4B8 #B837B4

tetradic

#B4B837 #37B87B #3B37B8 #B83774

square

#B4B837 #37B87B #3B37B8 #B83774

split-complementary

#B4B837 #3774B8 #7B37B8

monochromatic

#585A1B #868929 #B4B837 #CBCF5D #DADD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4B837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B4B837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B837

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B837	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)

#C6B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.147 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd76',
    500: '#b4b837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b837;
$custom-light: #cecd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75621,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B837

secondary

#8684C7

accent

#4ADD4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B837

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

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