#B4A331#B4A331

#B4A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A331
RGB	rgb(180, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -6.54, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 58.46, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0239 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4755, 36.1209, 8.1666)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A331 #3142B4

analogous

#B46231 #B4A331 #83B431

triadic

#B4A331 #31B4A3 #A331B4

tetradic

#B4A331 #31B462 #3142B4 #B43183

square

#B4A331 #31B462 #3142B4 #B43183

split-complementary

#B4A331 #3183B4 #6231B4

monochromatic

#544C17 #847724 #B4A331 #D0C052 #DDD182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B4A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B4A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A331

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A331	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd71',
    500: '#b4a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a331;
$custom-light: #cebd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70995,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A331

secondary

#7B84C6

accent

#5BE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A331

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

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