#B4A22E#B4A22E

#B4A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A22E
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -6.15, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 59.25, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0231 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2374, 35.7427, 7.7852)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A22E #2E40B4

analogous

#B45F2E #B4A22E #83B42E

triadic

#B4A22E #2EB4A2 #A22EB4

tetradic

#B4A22E #2EB45F #2E40B4 #B42E83

square

#B4A22E #2EB45F #2E40B4 #B42E83

split-complementary

#B4A22E #2E83B4 #5F2EB4

monochromatic

#534A15 #837622 #B4A22E #D2C04E #DED17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B4A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A22E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A22E	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)

#B29D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd6f',
    500: '#b4a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a22e;
$custom-light: #cebd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7076,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A22E

secondary

#7782C7

accent

#5AE245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A22E

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

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