#B4BB55#B4BB55

#B4BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.126 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BB55
RGB	rgb(180, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -16.60, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 52.67, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0485 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.126 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2332, 45.9005, 15.4382)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BB55 #5C55BB

analogous

#BB8F55 #B4BB55 #81BB55

triadic

#B4BB55 #55B4BB #BB55B4

tetradic

#B4BB55 #55BB8F #5C55BB #BB5581

square

#B4BB55 #55BB8F #5C55BB #BB5581

split-complementary

#B4BB55 #5581BB #8F55BB

monochromatic

#666B2B #90973C #B4BB55 #C7CC81 #DBDEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B4BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#B4BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BB55

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BB55	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.126 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcf88',
    500: '#b4bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bb55;
$custom-light: #cdcf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.118,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76563,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BB55

secondary

#A3A0CC

accent

#55D35E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BB55

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

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