#B4AA2A#B4AA2A

#B4AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA2A
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -10.52, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 63.21, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0359 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.141 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6165, 38.6213, 7.8739)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA2A #2A34B4

analogous

#B4652A #B4AA2A #79B42A

triadic

#B4AA2A #2AB4AA #AA2AB4

tetradic

#B4AA2A #2AB465 #2A34B4 #B42A79

square

#B4AA2A #2AB465 #2A34B4 #B42A79

split-complementary

#B4AA2A #2A79B4 #652AB4

monochromatic

#514C13 #827B1E #B4AA2A #D4CA47 #E0D879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B4AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B4AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA2A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA2A	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec26e',
    500: '#b4aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa2a;
$custom-light: #cec26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA2A

secondary

#7278C8

accent

#4EE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA2A

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

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