#B4A338#B4A338

#B4A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A338
RGB	rgb(180, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -6.18, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 55.72, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0222 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6348, 36.1847, 9.0060)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A338 #3849B4

analogous

#B46538 #B4A338 #87B438

triadic

#B4A338 #38B4A3 #A338B4

tetradic

#B4A338 #38B465 #3849B4 #B43887

square

#B4A338 #38B465 #3849B4 #B43887

split-complementary

#B4A338 #3887B4 #6538B4

monochromatic

#574E1B #857929 #B4A338 #CDBD5D #DBD08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B4A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B4A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A338

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A338	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebd75',
    500: '#b4a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a338;
$custom-light: #cebd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7105,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A338

secondary

#828CC5

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A338

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

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