#B4A835#B4A835

#B4A835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A835
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -8.97, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 58.61, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0304 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4690, 37.9670, 8.9329)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A835 #3541B4

analogous

#B46935 #B4A835 #80B435

triadic

#B4A835 #35B4A8 #A835B4

tetradic

#B4A835 #35B469 #3541B4 #B43580

square

#B4A835 #35B469 #3541B4 #B43580

split-complementary

#B4A835 #3580B4 #6935B4

monochromatic

#555019 #857C27 #B4A835 #CEC358 #DCD488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B4A835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B4A835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A835

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A835	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec174',
    500: '#b4a835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a835;
$custom-light: #cec174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A835

secondary

#7F86C6

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A835

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

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