#B4A138#B4A138

#B4A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A138
RGB	rgb(180, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -5.11, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 55.07, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0191 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.124 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2825, 35.4801, 8.8885)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A138 #384BB4

analogous

#B46338 #B4A138 #89B438

triadic

#B4A138 #38B4A1 #A138B4

tetradic

#B4A138 #38B463 #384BB4 #B43889

square

#B4A138 #38B463 #384BB4 #B43889

split-complementary

#B4A138 #3889B4 #6338B4

monochromatic

#574D1B #857729 #B4A138 #CDBB5D #DBCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B4A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B4A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A138

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A138	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebc75',
    500: '#b4a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a138;
$custom-light: #cebc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70621,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A138

secondary

#828DC5

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A138

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

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