#B4A545#B4A545

#B4A545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A545
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -6.43, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 50.84, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0214 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3530, 37.0446, 11.0225)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A545 #4554B4

analogous

#B46E45 #B4A545 #8CB445

triadic

#B4A545 #45B4A5 #A545B4

tetradic

#B4A545 #45B46E #4554B4 #B4458C

square

#B4A545 #45B46E #4554B4 #B4458C

split-complementary

#B4A545 #458CB4 #6E45B4

monochromatic

#5C5423 #887C34 #B4A545 #C8BC6F #D9D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B4A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B4A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A545

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A545	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf7d',
    500: '#b4a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a545;
$custom-light: #cdbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.716,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A545

secondary

#9097C5

accent

#65D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A545

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

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