#B4A232#B4A232

#B4A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A232
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -5.96, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 57.76, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0222 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3200, 35.7758, 8.2200)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A232 #3244B4

analogous

#B46132 #B4A232 #85B432

triadic

#B4A232 #32B4A2 #A232B4

tetradic

#B4A232 #32B461 #3244B4 #B43285

square

#B4A232 #32B461 #3244B4 #B43285

split-complementary

#B4A232 #3285B4 #6132B4

monochromatic

#544C17 #847725 #B4A232 #CFBE54 #DDD084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B4A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B4A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A232

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A232	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)

#B29D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd71',
    500: '#b4a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a232;
$custom-light: #cebd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A232

secondary

#7C86C6

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A232

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

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