#B4A438#B4A438

#B4A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A438
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -6.71, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 56.06, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0237 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8131, 36.5412, 9.0654)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A438 #3848B4

analogous

#B46638 #B4A438 #86B438

triadic

#B4A438 #38B4A4 #A438B4

tetradic

#B4A438 #38B466 #3848B4 #B43886

square

#B4A438 #38B466 #3848B4 #B43886

split-complementary

#B4A438 #3886B4 #6638B4

monochromatic

#574F1B #857929 #B4A438 #CDBE5D #DBD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B4A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B4A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A438

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A438	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe75',
    500: '#b4a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a438;
$custom-light: #cebe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71264,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A438

secondary

#828BC5

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A438

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

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