#B4A233#B4A233

#B4A233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A233
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -5.91, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 57.38, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0219 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3418, 35.7845, 8.3349)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A233 #3345B4

analogous

#B46133 #B4A233 #85B433

triadic

#B4A233 #33B4A2 #A233B4

tetradic

#B4A233 #33B461 #3345B4 #B43385

square

#B4A233 #33B461 #3345B4 #B43385

split-complementary

#B4A233 #3385B4 #6133B4

monochromatic

#554C18 #847725 #B4A233 #CFBE55 #DCD085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B4A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A233

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A233	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd72',
    500: '#b4a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a233;
$custom-light: #cebd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70796,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A233

secondary

#7D87C6

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A233

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

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