#B4A238#B4A238

#B4A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A238
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -5.64, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 55.39, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0207 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4580, 35.8310, 8.9470)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A238 #384AB4

analogous

#B46438 #B4A238 #88B438

triadic

#B4A238 #38B4A2 #A238B4

tetradic

#B4A238 #38B464 #384AB4 #B43888

square

#B4A238 #38B464 #384AB4 #B43888

split-complementary

#B4A238 #3888B4 #6438B4

monochromatic

#574E1B #857829 #B4A238 #CDBC5D #DBCF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B4A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A238

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A238	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd75',
    500: '#b4a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a238;
$custom-light: #cebd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A238

secondary

#828CC5

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A238

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

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