#B4A548#B4A548

#B4A548 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A548
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -6.21, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 49.47, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0204 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4485, 37.0828, 11.5254)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A548 #4857B4

analogous

#B46F48 #B4A548 #8DB448

triadic

#B4A548 #48B4A5 #A548B4

tetradic

#B4A548 #48B46F #4857B4 #B4488D

square

#B4A548 #48B46F #4857B4 #B4488D

split-complementary

#B4A548 #488DB4 #6F48B4

monochromatic

#5D5525 #887D37 #B4A548 #C7BB72 #D8D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B4A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#B4A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A548

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A548	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbf7e',
    500: '#b4a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a548;
$custom-light: #cdbf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71632,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A548

secondary

#939AC5

accent

#67D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A548

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

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