#B4A137#B4A137

#B4A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A137
RGB	rgb(180, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -5.17, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 55.47, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0194 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2583, 35.4704, 8.7610)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A137 #374AB4

analogous

#B46237 #B4A137 #88B437

triadic

#B4A137 #37B4A1 #A137B4

tetradic

#B4A137 #37B462 #374AB4 #B43788

square

#B4A137 #37B462 #374AB4 #B43788

split-complementary

#B4A137 #3788B4 #6237B4

monochromatic

#564D1A #857729 #B4A137 #CDBC5B #DBCF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B4A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B4A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A137

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A137	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc74',
    500: '#b4a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a137;
$custom-light: #cebc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70613,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A137

secondary

#818CC6

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A137

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

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