#B4A02B#B4A02B

#B4A02B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A02B
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -5.21, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 59.70, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0208 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8308, 35.0209, 7.3681)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A02B #2B3FB4

analogous

#B45B2B #B4A02B #83B42B

triadic

#B4A02B #2BB4A0 #A02BB4

tetradic

#B4A02B #2BB45B #2B3FB4 #B42B83

square

#B4A02B #2BB45B #2B3FB4 #B42B83

split-complementary

#B4A02B #2B83B4 #5B2BB4

monochromatic

#514813 #83741F #B4A02B #D3BF49 #DFD07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B4A02B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#B4A02B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A02B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A02B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A02B	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a02b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb6e',
    500: '#b4a02b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a02b;
$custom-light: #cebb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a02b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70312,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A02B

secondary

#7380C7

accent

#5BE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A02B

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

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