#B4B950#B4B950

#B4B950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.129 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B950
RGB	rgb(180, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(63, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -15.99, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 54.03, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0473 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.129 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6202, 44.9812, 14.2883)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B950 #5550B9

analogous

#B98A50 #B4B950 #80B950

triadic

#B4B950 #50B4B9 #B950B4

tetradic

#B4B950 #50B98A #5550B9 #B95080

square

#B4B950 #50B98A #5550B9 #B95080

split-complementary

#B4B950 #5080B9 #8A50B9

monochromatic

#636629 #8D923A #B4B950 #C7CA7C #D9DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B4B950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#B4B950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B950

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B950	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.129 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcd85',
    500: '#b4b950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b950;
$custom-light: #cdcd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B950

secondary

#9E9BC9

accent

#55D35B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B950

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

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