#B4A837#B4A837

#B4A837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A837
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -8.87, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 57.83, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0299 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5160, 37.9858, 9.1802)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A837 #3743B4

analogous

#B46937 #B4A837 #81B437

triadic

#B4A837 #37B4A8 #A837B4

tetradic

#B4A837 #37B469 #3743B4 #B43781

square

#B4A837 #37B469 #3743B4 #B43781

split-complementary

#B4A837 #3781B4 #6937B4

monochromatic

#56501A #857C29 #B4A837 #CDC25B #DBD38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B4A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B4A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A837

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A837	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec175',
    500: '#b4a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a837;
$custom-light: #cec175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A837

secondary

#8188C6

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A837

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

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