#B4AA49#B4AA49

#B4AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA49
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -8.78, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 50.90, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0276 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.119 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4009, 38.9350, 12.0052)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA49 #4953B4

analogous

#B47549 #B4AA49 #88B449

triadic

#B4AA49 #49B4AA #AA49B4

tetradic

#B4AA49 #49B475 #4953B4 #B44988

square

#B4AA49 #49B475 #4953B4 #B44988

split-complementary

#B4AA49 #4988B4 #7549B4

monochromatic

#5D5826 #888137 #B4AA49 #C7BF74 #D8D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B4AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA49

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA49	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37f',
    500: '#b4aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa49;
$custom-light: #cdc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72719,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA49

secondary

#9499C5

accent

#61D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA49

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

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