#B4A43E#B4A43E

#B4A43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A43E
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -6.36, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 53.56, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.022 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9687, 36.6035, 9.8851)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A43E #3E4EB4

analogous

#B4693E #B4A43E #89B43E

triadic

#B4A43E #3EB4A4 #A43EB4

tetradic

#B4A43E #3EB469 #3E4EB4 #B43E89

square

#B4A43E #3EB469 #3E4EB4 #B43E89

split-complementary

#B4A43E #3E89B4 #693EB4

monochromatic

#59511F #867B2E #B4A43E #CABC65 #DAD093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B4A43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B4A43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A43E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A43E	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebe78',
    500: '#b4a43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a43e;
$custom-light: #cebe78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A43E

secondary

#8991C5

accent

#62D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A43E

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

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