#B4AA2B#B4AA2B

#B4AA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA2B
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -10.48, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 62.88, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0357 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6346, 38.6285, 7.9694)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA2B #2B35B4

analogous

#B4652B #B4AA2B #79B42B

triadic

#B4AA2B #2BB4AA #AA2BB4

tetradic

#B4AA2B #2BB465 #2B35B4 #B42B79

square

#B4AA2B #2BB465 #2B35B4 #B42B79

split-complementary

#B4AA2B #2B79B4 #652BB4

monochromatic

#514D13 #837B1F #B4AA2B #D3C949 #DFD87A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B4AA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B4AA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA2B

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA2B	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec26f',
    500: '#b4aa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa2b;
$custom-light: #cec26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA2B

secondary

#737AC7

accent

#4FE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA2B

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

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