#B4A42D#B4A42D

#B4A42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A42D
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -7.25, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 60.23, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0264 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5730, 36.4452, 7.8010)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A42D #2D3DB4

analogous

#B4612D #B4A42D #81B42D

triadic

#B4A42D #2DB4A4 #A42DB4

tetradic

#B4A42D #2DB461 #2D3DB4 #B42D81

square

#B4A42D #2DB461 #2D3DB4 #B42D81

split-complementary

#B4A42D #2D81B4 #612DB4

monochromatic

#524B15 #837721 #B4A42D #D2C24C #DED37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B4A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A42D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A42D	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)

#B49F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe6f',
    500: '#b4a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a42d;
$custom-light: #cebe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71183,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A42D

secondary

#767FC7

accent

#57E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A42D

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

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