#B4A42B#B4A42B

#B4A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A42B
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -7.34, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 60.93, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0268 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5354, 36.4301, 7.6030)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A42B #2B3BB4

analogous

#B45F2B #B4A42B #7FB42B

triadic

#B4A42B #2BB4A4 #A42BB4

tetradic

#B4A42B #2BB45F #2B3BB4 #B42B7F

square

#B4A42B #2BB45F #2B3BB4 #B42B7F

split-complementary

#B4A42B #2B7FB4 #5F2BB4

monochromatic

#514A13 #83771F #B4A42B #D3C349 #DFD37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B4A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A42B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A42B	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe6e',
    500: '#b4a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a42b;
$custom-light: #cebe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71171,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A42B

secondary

#737DC7

accent

#56E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A42B

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

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