#B4A230#B4A230

#B4A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A230
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -6.05, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 58.51, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0227 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(32.2777, 35.7589, 7.9977)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A230 #3042B4

analogous

#B46030 #B4A230 #84B430

triadic

#B4A230 #30B4A2 #A230B4

tetradic

#B4A230 #30B460 #3042B4 #B43084

square

#B4A230 #30B460 #3042B4 #B43084

split-complementary

#B4A230 #3084B4 #6030B4

monochromatic

#534B16 #847723 #B4A230 #D1BF51 #DDD181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B4A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A230

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A230	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)

#B29D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd70',
    500: '#b4a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a230;
$custom-light: #cebd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.35757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A230

secondary

#7984C6

accent

#5CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A230

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

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