#B4A533#B4A533

#B4A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A533
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -7.50, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 58.35, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0265 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8765, 36.8540, 8.5131)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A533 #3342B4

analogous

#B46433 #B4A533 #83B433

triadic

#B4A533 #33B4A5 #A533B4

tetradic

#B4A533 #33B464 #3342B4 #B43383

square

#B4A533 #33B464 #3342B4 #B43383

split-complementary

#B4A533 #3383B4 #6433B4

monochromatic

#554E18 #847925 #B4A533 #CFC155 #DCD285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B4A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A533

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A533	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf72',
    500: '#b4a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a533;
$custom-light: #cebf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A533

secondary

#7D85C6

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A533

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

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