#B4A829#B4A829

#B4A829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A829
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -9.52, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 62.87, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0331 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2268, 37.8701, 7.6568)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A829 #2935B4

analogous

#B46229 #B4A829 #7AB429

triadic

#B4A829 #29B4A8 #A829B4

tetradic

#B4A829 #29B462 #2935B4 #B4297A

square

#B4A829 #29B462 #2935B4 #B4297A

split-complementary

#B4A829 #297AB4 #6229B4

monochromatic

#504B12 #82791E #B4A829 #D5C845 #E0D777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B4A829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B4A829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A829

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A829	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec16e',
    500: '#b4a829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a829;
$custom-light: #cec16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A829

secondary

#7178C8

accent

#50E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A829

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

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