#B4B937#B4B937

#B4B937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.148 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B937
RGB	rgb(180, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -17.61, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 64.24, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0545 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.148 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8621, 44.6780, 10.2956)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B937 #3C37B9

analogous

#B97D37 #B4B937 #73B937

triadic

#B4B937 #37B4B9 #B937B4

tetradic

#B4B937 #37B97D #3C37B9 #B93773

square

#B4B937 #37B97D #3C37B9 #B93773

split-complementary

#B4B937 #3773B9 #7D37B9

monochromatic

#585B1B #868A29 #B4B937 #CBCF5E #DADD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B4B937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B4B937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B937

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B937	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.148 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd76',
    500: '#b4b937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b937;
$custom-light: #cecd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B937

secondary

#8784C8

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B937

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

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