#B4A52F#B4A52F

#B4A52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A52F
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -7.69, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 59.84, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0274 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7921, 36.8203, 8.0685)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A52F #2F3EB4

analogous

#B4632F #B4A52F #81B42F

triadic

#B4A52F #2FB4A5 #A52FB4

tetradic

#B4A52F #2FB463 #2F3EB4 #B42F81

square

#B4A52F #2FB463 #2F3EB4 #B42F81

split-complementary

#B4A52F #2F81B4 #632FB4

monochromatic

#534C16 #837922 #B4A52F #D1C24F #DED380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B4A52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A52F

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A52F	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)

#B5A01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf70',
    500: '#b4a52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a52f;
$custom-light: #cebf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71412,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A52F

secondary

#7881C7

accent

#58E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A52F

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

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