#B4AA57#B4AA57

#B4AA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA57
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -7.65, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 44.29, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0228 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.106 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9184, 39.1420, 14.7308)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA57 #5761B4

analogous

#B47B57 #B4AA57 #90B457

triadic

#B4AA57 #57B4AA #AA57B4

tetradic

#B4AA57 #57B47B #5761B4 #B45790

square

#B4AA57 #57B47B #5761B4 #B45790

split-complementary

#B4AA57 #5790B4 #7B57B4

monochromatic

#645E2D #8E8640 #B4AA57 #C7BF81 #DAD5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B4AA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA57

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA57	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc388',
    500: '#b4aa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa57;
$custom-light: #ccc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.548,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA57

secondary

#9FA4C8

accent

#66CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA57

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

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