#B4A51F#B4A51F

#B4A51F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.142 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A51F
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 31)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 82.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -8.29, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 64.90, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0305 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5264, 36.7140, 6.6693)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A51F #1F2EB4

analogous

#B45B1F #B4A51F #79B41F

triadic

#B4A51F #1FB4A5 #A51FB4

tetradic

#B4A51F #1FB45B #1F2EB4 #B41F79

square

#B4A51F #1FB45B #1F2EB4 #B41F79

split-complementary

#B4A51F #1F79B4 #5B1FB4

monochromatic

#4C450D #807516 #B4A51F #DCCB34 #E5D968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B4A51F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B4A51F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A51F

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A51F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A51F	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a51f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.142 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbf69',
    500: '#b4a51f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a51f;
$custom-light: #cfbf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a51f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.96,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A51F

secondary

#646FCB

accent

#4CED3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A51F

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

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