#B4B855#B4B855

#B4B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B855
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -15.08, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 51.30, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0442 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.123 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6034, 44.6410, 15.2283)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B855 #5955B8

analogous

#B88A55 #B4B855 #83B855

triadic

#B4B855 #55B4B8 #B855B4

tetradic

#B4B855 #55B88A #5955B8 #B85583

square

#B4B855 #55B88A #5955B8 #B85583

split-complementary

#B4B855 #5583B8 #8A55B8

monochromatic

#65672B #8F933D #B4B855 #C7CA80 #DADCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B4B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#B4B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B855

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B855	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccd88',
    500: '#b4b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b855;
$custom-light: #cccd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.424,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B855

secondary

#A19FCA

accent

#57D15C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B855

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

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