#B4A22B#B4A22B

#B4A22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A22B
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -6.28, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 60.31, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0238 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1803, 35.7199, 7.4846)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A22B #2B3DB4

analogous

#B45D2B #B4A22B #81B42B

triadic

#B4A22B #2BB4A2 #A22BB4

tetradic

#B4A22B #2BB45D #2B3DB4 #B42B81

square

#B4A22B #2BB45D #2B3DB4 #B42B81

split-complementary

#B4A22B #2B81B4 #5D2BB4

monochromatic

#514913 #83761F #B4A22B #D3C149 #DFD27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B4A22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A22B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A22B	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd6e',
    500: '#b4a22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a22b;
$custom-light: #cebd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7074,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A22B

secondary

#737EC7

accent

#58E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A22B

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

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