#B4A431#B4A431

#B4A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A431
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -7.07, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 58.78, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0254 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6537, 36.4774, 8.2260)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A431 #3141B4

analogous

#B46331 #B4A431 #82B431

triadic

#B4A431 #31B4A4 #A431B4

tetradic

#B4A431 #31B463 #3141B4 #B43182

square

#B4A431 #31B463 #3141B4 #B43182

split-complementary

#B4A431 #3182B4 #6331B4

monochromatic

#544C17 #847824 #B4A431 #D0C152 #DDD282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B4A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A431

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A431	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe71',
    500: '#b4a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a431;
$custom-light: #cebe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A431

secondary

#7B84C6

accent

#5AE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A431

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

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