#B4AA39#B4AA39

#B4AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA39
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -9.81, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 57.75, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0323 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9370, 38.7495, 9.5619)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA39 #3943B4

analogous

#B46D39 #B4AA39 #81B439

triadic

#B4AA39 #39B4AA #AA39B4

tetradic

#B4AA39 #39B46D #3943B4 #B43981

square

#B4AA39 #39B46D #3943B4 #B43981

split-complementary

#B4AA39 #3981B4 #6D39B4

monochromatic

#57521C #867E2A #B4AA39 #CCC35E #DBD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B4AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA39

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA39	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)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec376',
    500: '#b4aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa39;
$custom-light: #cec376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72568,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA39

secondary

#8389C5

accent

#58DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA39

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

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