#B4A451#B4A451

#B4A451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A451
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -4.98, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 44.86, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0158 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5842, 36.8496, 13.1266)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A451 #5161B4

analogous

#B47251 #B4A451 #92B451

triadic

#B4A451 #51B4A4 #A451B4

tetradic

#B4A451 #51B472 #5161B4 #B45192

square

#B4A451 #51B472 #5161B4 #B45192

split-complementary

#B4A451 #5192B4 #7251B4

monochromatic

#61582A #8C7F3C #B4A451 #C6BA7C #D9D1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B4A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A451

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A451	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe84',
    500: '#b4a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a451;
$custom-light: #cdbe84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A451

secondary

#9BA2C6

accent

#6BD058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A451

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

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