#B4A429#B4A429

#B4A429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B4A429
RGBrgb(180, 164, 41)
HSLhsl(53, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(53, 77%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8.9%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.84, -7.42, 61.15)
CIE-LCHlch(66.84, 61.60, 96.92°)
OKLaboklab(71.16% -0.0272 0.1335)
OKLCHoklch(71.16% 0.136 101.5)
XYZxyz(32.4996, 36.4158, 7.4145)
Luminance0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B4A429 #2939B4
analogous
#B45F29 #B4A429 #7EB429
triadic
#B4A429 #29B4A4 #A429B4
tetradic
#B4A429 #29B45F #2939B4 #B4297E
square
#B4A429 #29B45F #2939B4 #B4297E
split-complementary
#B4A429 #297EB4 #5F29B4
monochromatic
#504912 #82771E #B4A429 #D5C445 #E0D477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#B4A429 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28
#B4A429 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A429
8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B4A429#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B4A4291.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B49F0C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A532
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2988D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b4a429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 101.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe6d',
    500: '#b4a429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b4a429;
$custom-light: #cebe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b4a429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B4A429
secondary
#717BC8
accent
#55E642
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FAF6EC
border
#D3D0C7
text
#141208
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#B4A429 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva