#B4A839#B4A839

#B4A839 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	#B4A839
RGB	rgb(180, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -8.76, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 57.03, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0294 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5649, 38.0053, 9.4378)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A839 #3945B4

analogous

#B46B39 #B4A839 #83B439

triadic

#B4A839 #39B4A8 #A839B4

tetradic

#B4A839 #39B46B #3945B4 #B43983

square

#B4A839 #39B46B #3945B4 #B43983

split-complementary

#B4A839 #3983B4 #6B39B4

monochromatic

#57511C #867D2A #B4A839 #CCC15E #DBD38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B4A839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B4A839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A839

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A839	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)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec176',
    500: '#b4a839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a839;
$custom-light: #cec176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A839

secondary

#838AC5

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A839

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

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