#B4A12E#B4A12E

#B4A12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A12E
RGB	rgb(180, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -5.61, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 58.94, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0216 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0620, 35.3918, 7.7267)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A12E #2E41B4

analogous

#B45E2E #B4A12E #84B42E

triadic

#B4A12E #2EB4A1 #A12EB4

tetradic

#B4A12E #2EB45E #2E41B4 #B42E84

square

#B4A12E #2EB45E #2E41B4 #B42E84

split-complementary

#B4A12E #2E84B4 #5E2EB4

monochromatic

#534A15 #837522 #B4A12E #D2BF4E #DED17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B4A12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B4A12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A12E

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A12E	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc6f',
    500: '#b4a12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a12e;
$custom-light: #cebc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70546,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A12E

secondary

#7782C7

accent

#5CE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A12E

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

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