#B4A72E#B4A72E

#B4A72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A72E
RGB	rgb(180, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -8.79, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 60.85, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0306 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(33.1357, 37.5394, 8.0847)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A72E #2E3BB4

analogous

#B4642E #B4A72E #7EB42E

triadic

#B4A72E #2EB4A7 #A72EB4

tetradic

#B4A72E #2EB464 #2E3BB4 #B42E7E

square

#B4A72E #2EB464 #2E3BB4 #B42E7E

split-complementary

#B4A72E #2E7EB4 #642EB4

monochromatic

#534D15 #837A22 #B4A72E #D2C54E #DED57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B4A72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B4A72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A72E

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A72E	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec070',
    500: '#b4a72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a72e;
$custom-light: #cec070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71838,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.37538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A72E

secondary

#777FC7

accent

#55E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A72E

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

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