#B4BB38#B4BB38

#B4BB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.149 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BB38
RGB	rgb(180, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -18.56, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 64.68, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0571 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.149 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3077, 45.5303, 10.5636)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BB38 #3F38BB

analogous

#BB8038 #B4BB38 #73BB38

triadic

#B4BB38 #38B4BB #BB38B4

tetradic

#B4BB38 #38BB80 #3F38BB #BB3873

square

#B4BB38 #38BB80 #3F38BB #BB3873

split-complementary

#B4BB38 #3873BB #8038BB

monochromatic

#595D1C #878C2A #B4BB38 #CAD061 #DADE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B4BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#B4BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BB38

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BB38	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.149 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecf77',
    500: '#b4bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bb38;
$custom-light: #cecf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76293,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BB38

secondary

#8A86C8

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BB38

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

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