#B4A52C#B4A52C

#B4A52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.135 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A52C
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -7.82, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 60.90, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0281 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.135 102)
XYZ	xyz(32.7337, 36.7969, 7.7607)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A52C #2C3BB4

analogous

#B4612C #B4A52C #7FB42C

triadic

#B4A52C #2CB4A5 #A52CB4

tetradic

#B4A52C #2CB461 #2C3BB4 #B42C7F

square

#B4A52C #2CB461 #2C3BB4 #B42C7F

split-complementary

#B4A52C #2C7FB4 #612CB4

monochromatic

#524B14 #837820 #B4A52C #D3C44A #DFD47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B4A52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A52C

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A52C	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.135 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf6f',
    500: '#b4a52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a52c;
$custom-light: #cebf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71393,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.36795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A52C

secondary

#757EC7

accent

#56E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A52C

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

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