#B4A72A#B4A72A

#B4A72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A72A
RGB	rgb(180, 167, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -8.96, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 62.22, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0315 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.138 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0605, 37.5093, 7.6886)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A72A #2A37B4

analogous

#B4622A #B4A72A #7CB42A

triadic

#B4A72A #2AB4A7 #A72AB4

tetradic

#B4A72A #2AB462 #2A37B4 #B42A7C

square

#B4A72A #2AB462 #2A37B4 #B42A7C

split-complementary

#B4A72A #2A7CB4 #622AB4

monochromatic

#514B13 #82791E #B4A72A #D4C747 #E0D679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B4A72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B4A72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A72A

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A72A	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 167, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec06e',
    500: '#b4a72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a72a;
$custom-light: #cec06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A72A

secondary

#727AC8

accent

#52E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A72A

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

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