#B4B840#B4B840

#B4B840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.141 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B840
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 65.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -16.60, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 60.40, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0508 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.141 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8894, 44.3554, 11.4677)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B840 #4440B8

analogous

#B88040 #B4B840 #78B840

triadic

#B4B840 #40B4B8 #B840B4

tetradic

#B4B840 #40B880 #4440B8 #B84078

square

#B4B840 #40B880 #4440B8 #B84078

split-complementary

#B4B840 #4078B8 #8040B8

monochromatic

#5B5D20 #888B30 #B4B840 #C8CB6A #D9DB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B4B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B4B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B840

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B840	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.141 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcd7b',
    500: '#b4b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b840;
$custom-light: #cdcd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B840

secondary

#8F8DC7

accent

#50D854

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B840

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

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