#B4AA35#B4AA35

#B4AA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA35
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -10.02, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 59.31, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0334 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8411, 38.7111, 9.0569)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA35 #353FB4

analogous

#B46B35 #B4AA35 #7EB435

triadic

#B4AA35 #35B4AA #AA35B4

tetradic

#B4AA35 #35B46B #353FB4 #B4357E

square

#B4AA35 #35B46B #353FB4 #B4357E

split-complementary

#B4AA35 #357EB4 #6B35B4

monochromatic

#555119 #857D27 #B4AA35 #CEC558 #DCD588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B4AA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA35

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA35	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)

#B9A422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec374',
    500: '#b4aa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa35;
$custom-light: #cec374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA35

secondary

#7F85C6

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA35

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

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