#B4AA3E#B4AA3E

#B4AA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA3E
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -9.52, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 55.71, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.031 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.0679, 38.8018, 10.2515)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA3E #3E48B4

analogous

#B46F3E #B4AA3E #83B43E

triadic

#B4AA3E #3EB4AA #AA3EB4

tetradic

#B4AA3E #3EB46F #3E48B4 #B43E83

square

#B4AA3E #3EB46F #3E48B4 #B43E83

split-complementary

#B4AA3E #3E83B4 #6F3EB4

monochromatic

#59541F #867F2E #B4AA3E #CAC165 #DAD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B4AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA3E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA3E	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)

#B9A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc379',
    500: '#b4aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa3e;
$custom-light: #cdc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72611,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA3E

secondary

#898EC5

accent

#5BD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA3E

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

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