#B4A933#B4A933

#B4A933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A933
RGB	rgb(180, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -9.60, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 59.71, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0324 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6093, 38.3196, 8.7574)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A933 #333EB4

analogous

#B46933 #B4A933 #7EB433

triadic

#B4A933 #33B4A9 #A933B4

tetradic

#B4A933 #33B469 #333EB4 #B4337E

square

#B4A933 #33B469 #333EB4 #B4337E

split-complementary

#B4A933 #337EB4 #6933B4

monochromatic

#554F18 #847C25 #B4A933 #CFC555 #DCD585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B4A933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A933

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A933	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec273',
    500: '#b4a933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a933;
$custom-light: #cec273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72305,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A933

secondary

#7D83C6

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A933

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

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