#B4A541#B4A541

#B4A541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A541
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -6.69, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 52.61, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0226 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2330, 36.9966, 10.3905)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A541 #4150B4

analogous

#B46B41 #B4A541 #89B441

triadic

#B4A541 #41B4A5 #A541B4

tetradic

#B4A541 #41B46B #4150B4 #B44189

square

#B4A541 #41B46B #4150B4 #B44189

split-complementary

#B4A541 #4189B4 #6B41B4

monochromatic

#5A5321 #877C31 #B4A541 #C9BC69 #D9D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B4A541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B4A541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A541

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A541	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)

#B4A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf7a',
    500: '#b4a541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a541;
$custom-light: #cdbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A541

secondary

#8C93C5

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A541

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

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