#B4A043#B4A043

#B4A043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A043
RGB	rgb(180, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -3.90, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 49.99, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0144 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.115 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4077, 35.2517, 10.4063)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A043 #4357B4

analogous

#B46843 #B4A043 #8FB443

triadic

#B4A043 #43B4A0 #A043B4

tetradic

#B4A043 #43B468 #4357B4 #B4438F

square

#B4A043 #43B468 #4357B4 #B4438F

split-complementary

#B4A043 #438FB4 #6843B4

monochromatic

#5B5122 #877832 #B4A043 #C8B86C #D9CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#B4A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#B4A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A043

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A043	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbb7b',
    500: '#b4a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a043;
$custom-light: #cdbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A043

secondary

#8E98C5

accent

#6AD552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A043

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

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