#B4AA40#B4AA40

#B4AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA40
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -9.39, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 54.86, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0304 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1238, 38.8242, 10.5458)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA40 #404AB4

analogous

#B47040 #B4AA40 #84B440

triadic

#B4AA40 #40B4AA #AA40B4

tetradic

#B4AA40 #40B470 #404AB4 #B44084

square

#B4AA40 #40B470 #404AB4 #B44084

split-complementary

#B4AA40 #4084B4 #7040B4

monochromatic

#5A5520 #877F30 #B4AA40 #C9C168 #D9D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B4AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA40

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA40	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)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37a',
    500: '#b4aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa40;
$custom-light: #cdc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72629,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA40

secondary

#8B90C5

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA40

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

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