#B4AA34#B4AA34

#B4AA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA34
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -10.07, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 59.69, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0336 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8183, 38.7020, 8.9370)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA34 #343EB4

analogous

#B46A34 #B4AA34 #7EB434

triadic

#B4AA34 #34B4AA #AA34B4

tetradic

#B4AA34 #34B46A #343EB4 #B4347E

square

#B4AA34 #34B46A #343EB4 #B4347E

split-complementary

#B4AA34 #347EB4 #6A34B4

monochromatic

#555019 #857D26 #B4AA34 #CEC557 #DCD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B4AA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA34

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA34	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)

#B9A421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec373',
    500: '#b4aa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa34;
$custom-light: #cec373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA34

secondary

#7E84C6

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA34

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

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