#B4A019#B4A019

#B4A019 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.140 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A019
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 25)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 86.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -5.81, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 65.00, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.024 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.14 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5703, 34.9167, 5.9962)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A019 #192DB4

analogous

#B45219 #B4A019 #7AB419

triadic

#B4A019 #19B4A0 #A019B4

tetradic

#B4A019 #19B452 #192DB4 #B4197A

square

#B4A019 #19B452 #192DB4 #B4197A

split-complementary

#B4A019 #197AB4 #5219B4

monochromatic

#49400A #7E7012 #B4A019 #E1C929 #E9D75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#B4A019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#B4A019 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A019

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A019	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.140 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbb66',
    500: '#b4a019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a019;
$custom-light: #cfbb66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70222,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A019

secondary

#5C6BCD

accent

#4EF236

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A019

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

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