#B4A031#B4A031

#B4A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A031
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -4.94, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 57.51, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0194 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9491, 35.0682, 7.9911)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A031 #3145B4

analogous

#B45F31 #B4A031 #86B431

triadic

#B4A031 #31B4A0 #A031B4

tetradic

#B4A031 #31B45F #3145B4 #B43186

square

#B4A031 #31B45F #3145B4 #B43186

split-complementary

#B4A031 #3186B4 #5F31B4

monochromatic

#544A17 #847524 #B4A031 #D0BD52 #DDCF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B4A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#B4A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A031

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A031	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebb71',
    500: '#b4a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a031;
$custom-light: #cebb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70353,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A031

secondary

#7B86C6

accent

#5FE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A031

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

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