#B4BA36#B4BA36

#B4BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.150 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA36
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -18.16, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 65.00, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0561 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.15 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0483, 45.0883, 10.2406)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA36 #3C36BA

analogous

#BA7E36 #B4BA36 #72BA36

triadic

#B4BA36 #36B4BA #BA36B4

tetradic

#B4BA36 #36BA7E #3C36BA #BA3672

square

#B4BA36 #36BA7E #3C36BA #BA3672

split-complementary

#B4BA36 #3672BA #7E36BA

monochromatic

#585B1A #868B28 #B4BA36 #CBD05D #DADE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B4BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#B4BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA36

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA36	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.150 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cece76',
    500: '#b4ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba36;
$custom-light: #cece76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76057,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA36

secondary

#8784C8

accent

#49DE50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA36

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

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