#B4A23A#B4A23A

#B4A23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.124 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A23A
RGB	rgb(180, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -5.53, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 54.57, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0201 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.124 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5079, 35.8509, 9.2098)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A23A #3A4CB4

analogous

#B4653A #B4A23A #89B43A

triadic

#B4A23A #3AB4A2 #A23AB4

tetradic

#B4A23A #3AB465 #3A4CB4 #B43A89

square

#B4A23A #3AB465 #3A4CB4 #B43A89

split-complementary

#B4A23A #3A89B4 #653AB4

monochromatic

#574F1C #86782B #B4A23A #CCBC60 #DBCF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B4A23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B4A23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A23A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A23A	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)

#B19E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.124 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd76',
    500: '#b4a23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a23a;
$custom-light: #cebd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70852,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A23A

secondary

#858EC5

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A23A

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

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