#B4A838#B4A838

#B4A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A838
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -8.81, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 57.43, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0296 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5402, 37.9954, 9.3077)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A838 #3844B4

analogous

#B46A38 #B4A838 #82B438

triadic

#B4A838 #38B4A8 #A838B4

tetradic

#B4A838 #38B46A #3844B4 #B43882

square

#B4A838 #38B46A #3844B4 #B43882

split-complementary

#B4A838 #3882B4 #6A38B4

monochromatic

#57511B #857C29 #B4A838 #CDC25D #DBD38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B4A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B4A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A838

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A838	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)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec175',
    500: '#b4a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a838;
$custom-light: #cec175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72127,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A838

secondary

#8289C5

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A838

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

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