#B4A534#B4A534

#B4A534 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	#B4A534
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -7.45, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 57.97, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0262 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8988, 36.8629, 8.6305)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A534 #3443B4

analogous

#B46534 #B4A534 #83B434

triadic

#B4A534 #34B4A5 #A534B4

tetradic

#B4A534 #34B465 #3443B4 #B43483

square

#B4A534 #34B465 #3443B4 #B43483

split-complementary

#B4A534 #3483B4 #6534B4

monochromatic

#554E19 #857926 #B4A534 #CEC057 #DCD286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B4A534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A534

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A534	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)

#B4A022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf73',
    500: '#b4a534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a534;
$custom-light: #cebf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71448,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A534

secondary

#7E86C6

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A534

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

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