#B4A529#B4A529

#B4A529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A529
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -7.94, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 61.91, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0287 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6793, 36.7751, 7.4744)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A529 #2938B4

analogous

#B45F29 #B4A529 #7DB429

triadic

#B4A529 #29B4A5 #A529B4

tetradic

#B4A529 #29B45F #2938B4 #B4297D

square

#B4A529 #29B45F #2938B4 #B4297D

split-complementary

#B4A529 #297DB4 #5F29B4

monochromatic

#504A12 #82771E #B4A529 #D5C545 #E0D577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B4A529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A529

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A529	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A00B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf6d',
    500: '#b4a529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a529;
$custom-light: #cebf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71374,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A529

secondary

#717AC8

accent

#54E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A529

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

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