#B4AA2F#B4AA2F

#B4AA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA2F
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -10.31, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 61.51, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0348 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.138 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7116, 38.6593, 8.3750)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA2F #2F39B4

analogous

#B4682F #B4AA2F #7BB42F

triadic

#B4AA2F #2FB4AA #AA2FB4

tetradic

#B4AA2F #2FB468 #2F39B4 #B42F7B

square

#B4AA2F #2FB468 #2F39B4 #B42F7B

split-complementary

#B4AA2F #2F7BB4 #682FB4

monochromatic

#534E16 #837C22 #B4AA2F #D1C74F #DED780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B4AA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B4AA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA2F

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA2F	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)

#B9A417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec371',
    500: '#b4aa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa2f;
$custom-light: #cec371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72495,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA2F

secondary

#787EC7

accent

#52E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA2F

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

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