#B4A440#B4A440

#B4A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A440
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -6.23, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 52.69, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0214 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0246, 36.6258, 10.1794)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A440 #4050B4

analogous

#B46A40 #B4A440 #8AB440

triadic

#B4A440 #40B4A4 #A440B4

tetradic

#B4A440 #40B46A #4050B4 #B4408A

square

#B4A440 #40B46A #4050B4 #B4408A

split-complementary

#B4A440 #408AB4 #6A40B4

monochromatic

#5A5220 #877B30 #B4A440 #C9BC68 #D9D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B4A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B4A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A440

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A440	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)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe79',
    500: '#b4a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a440;
$custom-light: #cdbe79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71335,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A440

secondary

#8B93C5

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A440

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

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