#B4AA53#B4AA53

#B4AA53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA53
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -7.99, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 46.23, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0242 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.11 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7595, 39.0785, 13.8938)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA53 #535DB4

analogous

#B47A53 #B4AA53 #8EB453

triadic

#B4AA53 #53B4AA #AA53B4

tetradic

#B4AA53 #53B47A #535DB4 #B4538E

square

#B4AA53 #53B47A #535DB4 #B4538E

split-complementary

#B4AA53 #538EB4 #7A53B4

monochromatic

#625C2B #8D843D #B4AA53 #C7BF7E #D9D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4AA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA53

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA53	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc386',
    500: '#b4aa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa53;
$custom-light: #cdc386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.814,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72835,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA53

secondary

#9CA0C7

accent

#65CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA53

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

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