#B4AA3F#B4AA3F

#B4AA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA3F
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -9.45, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 55.29, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0307 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.127 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.0956, 38.8129, 10.3973)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA3F #3F49B4

analogous

#B4703F #B4AA3F #83B43F

triadic

#B4AA3F #3FB4AA #AA3FB4

tetradic

#B4AA3F #3FB470 #3F49B4 #B43F83

square

#B4AA3F #3FB470 #3F49B4 #B43F83

split-complementary

#B4AA3F #3F83B4 #703FB4

monochromatic

#59541F #877F2F #B4AA3F #CAC167 #DAD494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B4AA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA3F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA3F	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)

#B9A431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc379',
    500: '#b4aa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa3f;
$custom-light: #cdc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7262,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA3F

secondary

#8A8FC5

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA3F

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

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