#B4AA31#B4AA31

#B4AA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.137 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA31
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -10.22, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 60.80, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0343 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.137 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7529, 38.6758, 8.5924)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA31 #313BB4

analogous

#B46931 #B4AA31 #7CB431

triadic

#B4AA31 #31B4AA #AA31B4

tetradic

#B4AA31 #31B469 #313BB4 #B4317C

square

#B4AA31 #31B469 #313BB4 #B4317C

split-complementary

#B4AA31 #317CB4 #6931B4

monochromatic

#544F17 #847D24 #B4AA31 #D0C652 #DDD682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B4AA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA31

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA31	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.137 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec372',
    500: '#b4aa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa31;
$custom-light: #cec372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72508,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA31

secondary

#7B80C6

accent

#53E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA31

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

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