#B4A237#B4A237

#B4A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A237
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -5.70, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 55.80, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0209 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4338, 35.8213, 8.8195)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A237 #3749B4

analogous

#B46337 #B4A237 #87B437

triadic

#B4A237 #37B4A2 #A237B4

tetradic

#B4A237 #37B463 #3749B4 #B43787

square

#B4A237 #37B463 #3749B4 #B43787

split-complementary

#B4A237 #3787B4 #6337B4

monochromatic

#564E1A #857829 #B4A237 #CDBD5B #DBD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B4A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A237

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A237	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)

#B19E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd74',
    500: '#b4a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a237;
$custom-light: #cebd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70827,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A237

secondary

#818BC6

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A237

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

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