#B4AA3A#B4AA3A

#B4AA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.131 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA3A
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -9.75, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 57.35, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0321 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.131 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9622, 38.7595, 9.6945)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA3A #3A44B4

analogous

#B46D3A #B4AA3A #81B43A

triadic

#B4AA3A #3AB4AA #AA3AB4

tetradic

#B4AA3A #3AB46D #3A44B4 #B43A81

square

#B4AA3A #3AB46D #3A44B4 #B43A81

split-complementary

#B4AA3A #3A81B4 #6D3AB4

monochromatic

#57531C #867E2B #B4AA3A #CCC360 #DBD48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B4AA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA3A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA3A	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)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.131 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec376',
    500: '#b4aa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa3a;
$custom-light: #cec376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72576,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA3A

secondary

#858AC5

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA3A

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

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