#B4AA43#B4AA43

#B4AA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA43
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -9.20, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 53.57, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0295 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2115, 38.8593, 11.0076)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA43 #434DB4

analogous

#B47143 #B4AA43 #85B443

triadic

#B4AA43 #43B4AA #AA43B4

tetradic

#B4AA43 #43B471 #434DB4 #B44385

square

#B4AA43 #43B471 #434DB4 #B44385

split-complementary

#B4AA43 #4385B4 #7143B4

monochromatic

#5B5622 #878032 #B4AA43 #C8C06C #D9D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B4AA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA43

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA43	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B8A537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37c',
    500: '#b4aa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa43;
$custom-light: #cdc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72657,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA43

secondary

#8E93C5

accent

#5ED552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA43

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

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