#B4A235#B4A235

#B4A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A235
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -5.81, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 56.60, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0214 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3868, 35.8025, 8.5721)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A235 #3547B4

analogous

#B46235 #B4A235 #86B435

triadic

#B4A235 #35B4A2 #A235B4

tetradic

#B4A235 #35B462 #3547B4 #B43586

square

#B4A235 #35B462 #3547B4 #B43586

split-complementary

#B4A235 #3586B4 #6235B4

monochromatic

#554D19 #857727 #B4A235 #CEBD58 #DCD088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B4A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A235

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A235	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)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd73',
    500: '#b4a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a235;
$custom-light: #cebd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A235

secondary

#7F89C6

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A235

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

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