#B4A836#B4A836

#B4A836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A836
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -8.92, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 58.22, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0302 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4923, 37.9763, 9.0553)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A836 #3642B4

analogous

#B46936 #B4A836 #81B436

triadic

#B4A836 #36B4A8 #A836B4

tetradic

#B4A836 #36B469 #3642B4 #B43681

square

#B4A836 #36B469 #3642B4 #B43681

split-complementary

#B4A836 #3681B4 #6936B4

monochromatic

#56501A #857C28 #B4A836 #CDC25A #DCD489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B4A836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B4A836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A836

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A836	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)

#B7A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec174',
    500: '#b4a836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a836;
$custom-light: #cec174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A836

secondary

#8087C6

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A836

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

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