#B4A939#B4A939

#B4A939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A939
RGB	rgb(180, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -9.28, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 57.39, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0309 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.131 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7502, 38.3760, 9.4996)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A939 #3944B4

analogous

#B46C39 #B4A939 #82B439

triadic

#B4A939 #39B4A9 #A939B4

tetradic

#B4A939 #39B46C #3944B4 #B43982

square

#B4A939 #39B46C #3944B4 #B43982

split-complementary

#B4A939 #3982B4 #6C39B4

monochromatic

#57521C #867D2A #B4A939 #CCC25E #DBD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B4A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A939

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A939	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)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec276',
    500: '#b4a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a939;
$custom-light: #cec276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A939

secondary

#8389C5

accent

#59DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A939

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

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