#B4A21F#B4A21F

#B4A21F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.139 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A21F
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -6.71, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 64.03, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0261 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.139 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9917, 35.6445, 6.4910)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A21F #1F31B4

analogous

#B4581F #B4A21F #7CB41F

triadic

#B4A21F #1FB4A2 #A21FB4

tetradic

#B4A21F #1FB458 #1F31B4 #B41F7C

square

#B4A21F #1FB458 #1F31B4 #B41F7C

split-complementary

#B4A21F #1F7CB4 #581FB4

monochromatic

#4C440D #807316 #B4A21F #DCC834 #E5D668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A21F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B4A21F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A21F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A21F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A21F	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)

#B7A42A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a21f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.139 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbd68',
    500: '#b4a21f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a21f;
$custom-light: #cfbd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a21f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A21F

secondary

#6471CB

accent

#50ED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A21F

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

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