#B4AA41#B4AA41

#B4AA41 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 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA41
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -9.33, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 54.44, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0301 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1525, 38.8357, 10.6970)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA41 #414BB4

analogous

#B47141 #B4AA41 #84B441

triadic

#B4AA41 #41B4AA #AA41B4

tetradic

#B4AA41 #41B471 #414BB4 #B44184

square

#B4AA41 #41B471 #414BB4 #B44184

split-complementary

#B4AA41 #4184B4 #7141B4

monochromatic

#5A5521 #878031 #B4AA41 #C9C169 #D9D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4AA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B4AA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA41

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA41	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37b',
    500: '#b4aa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa41;
$custom-light: #cdc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA41

secondary

#8C91C5

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA41

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

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