#B4A540#B4A540

#B4A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.122 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A540
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -6.76, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 53.04, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0229 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.122 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2043, 36.9851, 10.2393)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A540 #404FB4

analogous

#B46B40 #B4A540 #89B440

triadic

#B4A540 #40B4A5 #A540B4

tetradic

#B4A540 #40B46B #404FB4 #B44089

square

#B4A540 #40B46B #404FB4 #B44089

split-complementary

#B4A540 #4089B4 #6B40B4

monochromatic

#5A5220 #877C30 #B4A540 #C9BD68 #D9D195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B4A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B4A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A540

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A540	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.122 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf7a',
    500: '#b4a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a540;
$custom-light: #cdbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7155,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A540

secondary

#8B92C5

accent

#62D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A540

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

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