#B4BB42#B4BB42

#B4BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BB42
RGB	rgb(180, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -17.99, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 60.86, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0544 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.142 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5771, 45.6381, 11.9827)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BB42 #4942BB

analogous

#BB8642 #B4BB42 #78BB42

triadic

#B4BB42 #42B4BB #BB42B4

tetradic

#B4BB42 #42BB86 #4942BB #BB4278

square

#B4BB42 #42BB86 #4942BB #BB4278

split-complementary

#B4BB42 #4278BB #8642BB

monochromatic

#5D6122 #888E32 #B4BB42 #C7CC6E #D8DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B4BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#B4BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BB42

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BB42	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf7d',
    500: '#b4bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bb42;
$custom-light: #cdcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.471,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76372,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BB42

secondary

#9491C8

accent

#50D758

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BB42

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

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