#B4BA38#B4BA38

#B4BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.148 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BA38
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -18.06, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 64.28, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0557 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.148 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0963, 45.1075, 10.4931)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BA38 #3E38BA

analogous

#BA7F38 #B4BA38 #73BA38

triadic

#B4BA38 #38B4BA #BA38B4

tetradic

#B4BA38 #38BA7F #3E38BA #BA3873

square

#B4BA38 #38BA7F #3E38BA #BA3873

split-complementary

#B4BA38 #3873BA #7F38BA

monochromatic

#595C1C #868B2A #B4BA38 #CACF60 #DADD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B4BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#B4BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BA38

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BA38	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)

#C8B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.148 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cece77',
    500: '#b4ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ba38;
$custom-light: #cece77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BA38

secondary

#8986C8

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BA38

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

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