#B4A236#B4A236

#B4A236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A236
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -5.75, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 56.20, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0212 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4101, 35.8118, 8.6945)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A236 #3648B4

analogous

#B46336 #B4A236 #87B436

triadic

#B4A236 #36B4A2 #A236B4

tetradic

#B4A236 #36B463 #3648B4 #B43687

square

#B4A236 #36B463 #3648B4 #B43687

split-complementary

#B4A236 #3687B4 #6336B4

monochromatic

#564D1A #857828 #B4A236 #CDBD5A #DCD089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B4A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A236

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A236	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)

#B19E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd74',
    500: '#b4a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a236;
$custom-light: #cebd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70819,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A236

secondary

#808AC6

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A236

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

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