#B4A42E#B4A42E

#B4A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A42E
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -7.21, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 59.88, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0261 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5925, 36.4530, 7.9036)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A42E #2E3EB4

analogous

#B4612E #B4A42E #81B42E

triadic

#B4A42E #2EB4A4 #A42EB4

tetradic

#B4A42E #2EB461 #2E3EB4 #B42E81

square

#B4A42E #2EB461 #2E3EB4 #B42E81

split-complementary

#B4A42E #2E81B4 #612EB4

monochromatic

#534B15 #837822 #B4A42E #D2C24E #DED37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B4A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A42E

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A42E	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)

#B49F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe6f',
    500: '#b4a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a42e;
$custom-light: #cebe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7119,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A42E

secondary

#7781C7

accent

#58E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A42E

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

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