#B4AA44#B4AA44

#B4AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA44
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -9.13, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 53.14, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0292 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2418, 38.8714, 11.1669)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA44 #444EB4

analogous

#B47244 #B4AA44 #86B444

triadic

#B4AA44 #44B4AA #AA44B4

tetradic

#B4AA44 #44B472 #444EB4 #B44486

square

#B4AA44 #44B472 #444EB4 #B44486

split-complementary

#B4AA44 #4486B4 #7244B4

monochromatic

#5B5622 #888033 #B4AA44 #C8C06D #D9D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B4AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA44

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA44	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)

#B8A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37c',
    500: '#b4aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa44;
$custom-light: #cdc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72667,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA44

secondary

#8F94C5

accent

#5FD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA44

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

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