#B4A52E#B4A52E

#B4A52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.134 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A52E
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -7.73, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 60.20, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0276 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.134 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7722, 36.8123, 7.9635)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A52E #2E3DB4

analogous

#B4622E #B4A52E #80B42E

triadic

#B4A52E #2EB4A5 #A52EB4

tetradic

#B4A52E #2EB462 #2E3DB4 #B42E80

square

#B4A52E #2EB462 #2E3DB4 #B42E80

split-complementary

#B4A52E #2E80B4 #622EB4

monochromatic

#534C15 #837822 #B4A52E #D2C34E #DED37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B4A52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A52E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A52E	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)

#B5A018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.134 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf70',
    500: '#b4a52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a52e;
$custom-light: #cebf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71405,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A52E

secondary

#7780C7

accent

#57E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A52E

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

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