#B4A42F#B4A42F

#B4A42F 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	#B4A42F
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -7.16, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 59.52, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0259 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6124, 36.4609, 8.0086)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A42F #2F3FB4

analogous

#B4622F #B4A42F #82B42F

triadic

#B4A42F #2FB4A4 #A42FB4

tetradic

#B4A42F #2FB462 #2F3FB4 #B42F82

square

#B4A42F #2FB462 #2F3FB4 #B42F82

split-complementary

#B4A42F #2F82B4 #622FB4

monochromatic

#534C16 #837822 #B4A42F #D1C14F #DED280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B4A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A42F

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A42F	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)

#B49F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe70',
    500: '#b4a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a42f;
$custom-light: #cebe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A42F

secondary

#7882C7

accent

#59E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A42F

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

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