#B4A538#B4A538

#B4A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A538
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -7.23, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 56.39, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0252 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9928, 36.9005, 9.1253)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A538 #3847B4

analogous

#B46738 #B4A538 #85B438

triadic

#B4A538 #38B4A5 #A538B4

tetradic

#B4A538 #38B467 #3847B4 #B43885

square

#B4A538 #38B467 #3847B4 #B43885

split-complementary

#B4A538 #3885B4 #6738B4

monochromatic

#574F1B #857A29 #B4A538 #CDBF5D #DBD18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B4A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A538

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A538	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf75',
    500: '#b4a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a538;
$custom-light: #cebf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A538

secondary

#828BC5

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A538

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

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