#B4AA3D#B4AA3D

#B4AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA3D
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 66.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -9.58, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 56.12, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0313 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0407, 38.7910, 10.1083)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA3D #3D47B4

analogous

#B46F3D #B4AA3D #83B43D

triadic

#B4AA3D #3DB4AA #AA3DB4

tetradic

#B4AA3D #3DB46F #3D47B4 #B43D83

square

#B4AA3D #3DB46F #3D47B4 #B43D83

split-complementary

#B4AA3D #3D83B4 #6F3DB4

monochromatic

#59541E #867F2E #B4AA3D #CAC264 #DAD492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B4AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA3D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA3D	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec378',
    500: '#b4aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa3d;
$custom-light: #cec378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA3D

secondary

#888DC5

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA3D

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

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