#B4A22D#B4A22D

#B4A22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A22D
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -6.19, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 59.60, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0234 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2179, 35.7350, 7.6826)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A22D #2D3FB4

analogous

#B45F2D #B4A22D #83B42D

triadic

#B4A22D #2DB4A2 #A22DB4

tetradic

#B4A22D #2DB45F #2D3FB4 #B42D83

square

#B4A22D #2DB45F #2D3FB4 #B42D83

split-complementary

#B4A22D #2D83B4 #5F2DB4

monochromatic

#524A15 #837621 #B4A22D #D2C04C #DED17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B4A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A22D

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A22D	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd6f',
    500: '#b4a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a22d;
$custom-light: #cebd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70753,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A22D

secondary

#7681C7

accent

#5AE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A22D

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

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