#B4AA2D#B4AA2D

#B4AA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.139 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA2D
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -10.40, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 62.20, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0352 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.139 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6722, 38.6436, 8.1674)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA2D #2D37B4

analogous

#B4672D #B4AA2D #7AB42D

triadic

#B4AA2D #2DB4AA #AA2DB4

tetradic

#B4AA2D #2DB467 #2D37B4 #B42D7A

square

#B4AA2D #2DB467 #2D37B4 #B42D7A

split-complementary

#B4AA2D #2D7AB4 #672DB4

monochromatic

#524E15 #837C21 #B4AA2D #D2C84C #DED77D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B4AA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B4AA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA2D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA2D	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)

#B9A413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.139 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec370',
    500: '#b4aa2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa2d;
$custom-light: #cec370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA2D

secondary

#767CC7

accent

#50E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA2D

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

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