#B4AA33#B4AA33

#B4AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA33
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -10.12, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 60.06, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0339 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7961, 38.6931, 8.8196)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA33 #333DB4

analogous

#B46A33 #B4AA33 #7DB433

triadic

#B4AA33 #33B4AA #AA33B4

tetradic

#B4AA33 #33B46A #333DB4 #B4337D

square

#B4AA33 #33B46A #333DB4 #B4337D

split-complementary

#B4AA33 #337DB4 #6A33B4

monochromatic

#555018 #847D25 #B4AA33 #CFC555 #DCD685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B4AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA33

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA33	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec373',
    500: '#b4aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa33;
$custom-light: #cec373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA33

secondary

#7D82C6

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA33

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

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