#B4A535#B4A535

#B4A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A535
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -7.40, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 57.58, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0259 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9216, 36.8720, 8.7504)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A535 #3544B4

analogous

#B46535 #B4A535 #83B435

triadic

#B4A535 #35B4A5 #A535B4

tetradic

#B4A535 #35B465 #3544B4 #B43583

square

#B4A535 #35B465 #3544B4 #B43583

split-complementary

#B4A535 #3583B4 #6535B4

monochromatic

#554E19 #857A27 #B4A535 #CEC058 #DCD288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B4A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A535

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A535	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf73',
    500: '#b4a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a535;
$custom-light: #cebf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71456,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A535

secondary

#7F87C6

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A535

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

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