#B4A53A#B4A53A

#B4A53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A53A
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -7.12, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 55.58, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0246 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0427, 36.9205, 9.3880)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A53A #3A49B4

analogous

#B4683A #B4A53A #86B43A

triadic

#B4A53A #3AB4A5 #A53AB4

tetradic

#B4A53A #3AB468 #3A49B4 #B43A86

square

#B4A53A #3AB468 #3A49B4 #B43A86

split-complementary

#B4A53A #3A86B4 #683AB4

monochromatic

#57501C #867B2B #B4A53A #CCBE60 #DBD18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B4A53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B4A53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A53A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A53A	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#B4A02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebf76',
    500: '#b4a53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a53a;
$custom-light: #cebf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71496,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A53A

secondary

#858DC5

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A53A

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

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