#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
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -7.42, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 61.60, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0272 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4996, 36.4158, 7.4145)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B4A429	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B4A429

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

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