#B4AA2E#B4AA2E

#B4AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA2E
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -10.36, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 61.86, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.035 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6917, 38.6513, 8.2700)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA2E #2E38B4

analogous

#B4672E #B4AA2E #7BB42E

triadic

#B4AA2E #2EB4AA #AA2EB4

tetradic

#B4AA2E #2EB467 #2E38B4 #B42E7B

square

#B4AA2E #2EB467 #2E38B4 #B42E7B

split-complementary

#B4AA2E #2E7BB4 #672EB4

monochromatic

#534E15 #837C22 #B4AA2E #D2C84E #DED77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B4AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B4AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA2E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA2E	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)

#B9A415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec370',
    500: '#b4aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa2e;
$custom-light: #cec370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA2E

secondary

#777DC7

accent

#51E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA2E

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

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