#B4A21C#B4A21C

#B4A21C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A21C
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 28)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -6.80, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 64.82, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0265 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9540, 35.6294, 6.2924)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A21C #1C2EB4

analogous

#B4561C #B4A21C #7AB41C

triadic

#B4A21C #1CB4A2 #A21CB4

tetradic

#B4A21C #1CB456 #1C2EB4 #B41C7A

square

#B4A21C #1CB456 #1C2EB4 #B41C7A

split-complementary

#B4A21C #1C7AB4 #561CB4

monochromatic

#4A430C #7F7214 #B4A21C #DFCA2F #E7D764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A21C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B4A21C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A21C

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A21C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A21C	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a21c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd67',
    500: '#b4a21c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a21c;
$custom-light: #cfbd67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a21c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70663,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A21C

secondary

#606DCC

accent

#4EF038

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A21C

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

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