#B4A239#B4A239

#B4A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A239
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -5.59, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 54.98, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0204 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.125 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4827, 35.8409, 9.0771)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A239 #394BB4

analogous

#B46539 #B4A239 #89B439

triadic

#B4A239 #39B4A2 #A239B4

tetradic

#B4A239 #39B465 #394BB4 #B43989

square

#B4A239 #39B465 #394BB4 #B43989

split-complementary

#B4A239 #3989B4 #6539B4

monochromatic

#574E1C #86782A #B4A239 #CCBC5E #DBCF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B4A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A239

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A239	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)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd75',
    500: '#b4a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a239;
$custom-light: #cebd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70844,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A239

secondary

#838DC5

accent

#61DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A239

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

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