#B4AA36#B4AA36

#B4AA36 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	#B4AA36
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -9.97, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 58.93, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0331 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8644, 38.7204, 9.1793)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA36 #3640B4

analogous

#B46B36 #B4AA36 #7FB436

triadic

#B4AA36 #36B4AA #AA36B4

tetradic

#B4AA36 #36B46B #3640B4 #B4367F

square

#B4AA36 #36B46B #3640B4 #B4367F

split-complementary

#B4AA36 #367FB4 #6B36B4

monochromatic

#56511A #857E28 #B4AA36 #CDC45A #DCD589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B4AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA36

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA36	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)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec374',
    500: '#b4aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa36;
$custom-light: #cec374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA36

secondary

#8086C6

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA36

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

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