#B4A442#B4A442

#B4A442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A442
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -6.10, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 51.82, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0208 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(33.0826, 36.6490, 10.4846)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A442 #4252B4

analogous

#B46B42 #B4A442 #8BB442

triadic

#B4A442 #42B4A4 #A442B4

tetradic

#B4A442 #42B46B #4252B4 #B4428B

square

#B4A442 #42B46B #4252B4 #B4428B

split-complementary

#B4A442 #428BB4 #6B42B4

monochromatic

#5A5221 #877B32 #B4A442 #C9BB6B #D9D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B4A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#B4A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A442

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A442	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe7b',
    500: '#b4a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a442;
$custom-light: #cdbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.36648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A442

secondary

#8D95C5

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A442

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

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