#B4A437#B4A437

#B4A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A437
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -6.76, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 56.46, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0239 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7889, 36.5315, 8.9379)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A437 #3747B4

analogous

#B46537 #B4A437 #85B437

triadic

#B4A437 #37B4A4 #A437B4

tetradic

#B4A437 #37B465 #3747B4 #B43785

square

#B4A437 #37B465 #3747B4 #B43785

split-complementary

#B4A437 #3785B4 #6537B4

monochromatic

#564F1A #857929 #B4A437 #CDBE5B #DBD18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B4A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A437

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A437	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe74',
    500: '#b4a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a437;
$custom-light: #cebe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71256,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A437

secondary

#818AC6

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A437

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

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