#B4A536#B4A536

#B4A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A536
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -7.34, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 57.19, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0257 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9448, 36.8813, 8.8728)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A536 #3645B4

analogous

#B46636 #B4A536 #84B436

triadic

#B4A536 #36B4A5 #A536B4

tetradic

#B4A536 #36B466 #3645B4 #B43684

square

#B4A536 #36B466 #3645B4 #B43684

split-complementary

#B4A536 #3684B4 #6636B4

monochromatic

#564F1A #857A28 #B4A536 #CDC05A #DCD289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B4A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A536

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A536	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf74',
    500: '#b4a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a536;
$custom-light: #cebf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A536

secondary

#8088C6

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A536

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

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