#B4A040#B4A040

#B4A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A040
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -4.10, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 51.33, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0153 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.117 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3200, 35.2166, 9.9446)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A040 #4054B4

analogous

#B46640 #B4A040 #8EB440

triadic

#B4A040 #40B4A0 #A040B4

tetradic

#B4A040 #40B466 #4054B4 #B4408E

square

#B4A040 #40B466 #4054B4 #B4408E

split-complementary

#B4A040 #408EB4 #6640B4

monochromatic

#5A5020 #877830 #B4A040 #C9B868 #D9CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B4A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#B4A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A040

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A040	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb79',
    500: '#b4a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a040;
$custom-light: #cdbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A040

secondary

#8B95C5

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A040

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

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