#B4A01F#B4A01F
#B4A01F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4A01F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 160, 31) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 71%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 83%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 82.8%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.71, -5.65, 63.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.71, 63.47, 95.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.25% -0.0231 0.136) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.25% 0.138 99.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.6422, 34.9455, 6.3745) |
| Luminance | 0.3494 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.20
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.00
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 4.65
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.87
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.10
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4A01F #1F33B4
analogous
#B4561F #B4A01F #7EB41F
triadic
#B4A01F #1FB4A0 #A01FB4
tetradic
#B4A01F #1FB456 #1F33B4 #B41F7E
square
#B4A01F #1FB456 #1F33B4 #B41F7E
split-complementary
#B4A01F #1F7EB4 #561FB4
monochromatic
#4C430D #807216 #B4A01F #DCC634 #E5D468
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#B4A01F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#B4A01F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4A01F
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4A01F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4A01F | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.99 | 7.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09B00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A32A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C39389
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4a01f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 31); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.138 99.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cfbb68',
500: '#b4a01f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4a01f; $custom-light: #cfbb68; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4a01f",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 160,
"b": 31
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.946,
"s": 70.616,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70246,
"c": 0.13793,
"h": 99.6
},
"luminance": 0.34944
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4A01F
secondary
#6472CB
accent
#52ED3A
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EB
border
#D3D0C6
text
#141107
muted
#83807A