#B4B940#B4B940

#B4B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.142 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B940
RGB	rgb(180, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -17.10, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 60.82, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0522 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.142 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0979, 44.7723, 11.5372)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B940 #4540B9

analogous

#B98240 #B4B940 #78B940

triadic

#B4B940 #40B4B9 #B940B4

tetradic

#B4B940 #40B982 #4540B9 #B94078

square

#B4B940 #40B982 #4540B9 #B94078

split-complementary

#B4B940 #4078B9 #8240B9

monochromatic

#5C5E21 #888C30 #B4B940 #C8CC6B #D9DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B4B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B4B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B940

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B940	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.142 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcd7b',
    500: '#b4b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b940;
$custom-light: #cdcd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75912,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B940

secondary

#908EC7

accent

#50D855

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B940

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

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