#B4A935#B4A935

#B4A935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A935
RGB	rgb(180, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -9.50, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 58.96, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0319 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6544, 38.3376, 8.9946)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A935 #3540B4

analogous

#B46935 #B4A935 #7FB435

triadic

#B4A935 #35B4A9 #A935B4

tetradic

#B4A935 #35B469 #3540B4 #B4357F

square

#B4A935 #35B469 #3540B4 #B4357F

split-complementary

#B4A935 #357FB4 #6935B4

monochromatic

#555019 #857D27 #B4A935 #CEC458 #DCD588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B4A935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A935

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A935	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec274',
    500: '#b4a935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a935;
$custom-light: #cec274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7232,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A935

secondary

#7F85C6

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A935

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

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