#B4BB59#B4BB59

#B4BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.123 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BB59
RGB	rgb(180, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -16.26, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 50.83, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0472 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.123 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3966, 45.9659, 16.2989)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BB59 #6059BB

analogous

#BB9159 #B4BB59 #83BB59

triadic

#B4BB59 #59B4BB #BB59B4

tetradic

#B4BB59 #59BB91 #6059BB #BB5983

square

#B4BB59 #59BB91 #6059BB #BB5983

split-complementary

#B4BB59 #5983BB #9159BB

monochromatic

#686D2D #92983E #B4BB59 #C8CD84 #DBDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B4BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#B4BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BB59

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BB59	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.123 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccf8b',
    500: '#b4bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bb59;
$custom-light: #cccf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76611,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BB59

secondary

#A6A3CD

accent

#56D25F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BB59

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

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