#B4AA48#B4AA48

#B4AA48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA48
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -8.85, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 51.35, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0279 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.12 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3680, 38.9219, 11.8320)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA48 #4852B4

analogous

#B47448 #B4AA48 #88B448

triadic

#B4AA48 #48B4AA #AA48B4

tetradic

#B4AA48 #48B474 #4852B4 #B44888

square

#B4AA48 #48B474 #4852B4 #B44888

split-complementary

#B4AA48 #4888B4 #7448B4

monochromatic

#5D5725 #888137 #B4AA48 #C7BF72 #D8D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B4AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA48

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA48	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)

#B8A53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37f',
    500: '#b4aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa48;
$custom-light: #cdc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA48

secondary

#9398C5

accent

#61D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA48

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

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