#B4A936#B4A936

#B4A936 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	#B4A936
RGB	rgb(180, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -9.45, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 58.57, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0316 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6776, 38.3469, 9.1170)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A936 #3641B4

analogous

#B46A36 #B4A936 #80B436

triadic

#B4A936 #36B4A9 #A936B4

tetradic

#B4A936 #36B46A #3641B4 #B43680

square

#B4A936 #36B46A #3641B4 #B43680

split-complementary

#B4A936 #3680B4 #6A36B4

monochromatic

#56511A #857D28 #B4A936 #CDC35A #DCD489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B4A936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A936

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A936	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)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec274',
    500: '#b4a936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a936;
$custom-light: #cec274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72328,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A936

secondary

#8086C6

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A936

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

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