#B4AA38#B4AA38

#B4AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA38
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -9.86, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 58.15, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0326 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.132 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9123, 38.7396, 9.4318)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA38 #3842B4

analogous

#B46C38 #B4AA38 #80B438

triadic

#B4AA38 #38B4AA #AA38B4

tetradic

#B4AA38 #38B46C #3842B4 #B43880

square

#B4AA38 #38B46C #3842B4 #B43880

split-complementary

#B4AA38 #3880B4 #6C38B4

monochromatic

#57521B #857E29 #B4AA38 #CDC35D #DBD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B4AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA38

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA38	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec375',
    500: '#b4aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa38;
$custom-light: #cec375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7256,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA38

secondary

#8288C5

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA38

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

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