#B4A234#B4A234

#B4A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A234
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -5.86, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 56.99, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0217 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3641, 35.7934, 8.4522)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A234 #3446B4

analogous

#B46234 #B4A234 #86B434

triadic

#B4A234 #34B4A2 #A234B4

tetradic

#B4A234 #34B462 #3446B4 #B43486

square

#B4A234 #34B462 #3446B4 #B43486

split-complementary

#B4A234 #3486B4 #6234B4

monochromatic

#554D19 #857726 #B4A234 #CEBE57 #DCD086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B4A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A234

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A234	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)

#B29E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd72',
    500: '#b4a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a234;
$custom-light: #cebd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A234

secondary

#7E88C6

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A234

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

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