#B4A642#B4A642

#B4A642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A642
RGB	rgb(180, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -7.16, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 52.53, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0238 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4433, 37.3705, 10.6048)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A642 #4250B4

analogous

#B46D42 #B4A642 #89B442

triadic

#B4A642 #42B4A6 #A642B4

tetradic

#B4A642 #42B46D #4250B4 #B44289

square

#B4A642 #42B46D #4250B4 #B44289

split-complementary

#B4A642 #4289B4 #6D42B4

monochromatic

#5A5321 #877D32 #B4A642 #C9BD6B #D9D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B4A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#B4A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A642

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A642	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc07b',
    500: '#b4a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a642;
$custom-light: #cdc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A642

secondary

#8D94C5

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A642

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

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