#B4AA46#B4AA46

#B4AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA46
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -8.99, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 52.25, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0286 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.121 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3038, 38.8962, 11.4939)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA46 #4650B4

analogous

#B47346 #B4AA46 #87B446

triadic

#B4AA46 #46B4AA #AA46B4

tetradic

#B4AA46 #46B473 #4650B4 #B44687

square

#B4AA46 #46B473 #4650B4 #B44687

split-complementary

#B4AA46 #4687B4 #7346B4

monochromatic

#5C5724 #888035 #B4AA46 #C7BF70 #D8D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B4AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA46

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA46	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37e',
    500: '#b4aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa46;
$custom-light: #cdc37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA46

secondary

#9196C5

accent

#60D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA46

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

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