#B4A539#B4A539

#B4A539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A539
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -7.18, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 55.99, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0249 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0175, 36.9104, 9.2554)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A539 #3948B4

analogous

#B46839 #B4A539 #86B439

triadic

#B4A539 #39B4A5 #A539B4

tetradic

#B4A539 #39B468 #3948B4 #B43986

square

#B4A539 #39B468 #3948B4 #B43986

split-complementary

#B4A539 #3986B4 #6839B4

monochromatic

#57501C #867A2A #B4A539 #CCBF5E #DBD18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B4A539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B4A539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A539

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A539	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)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf75',
    500: '#b4a539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a539;
$custom-light: #cebf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A539

secondary

#838CC5

accent

#5EDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A539

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

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