#B4AB2A#B4AB2A

#B4AB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB2A
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -11.04, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 63.54, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0373 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8047, 38.9976, 7.9367)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB2A #2A33B4

analogous

#B4662A #B4AB2A #78B42A

triadic

#B4AB2A #2AB4AB #AB2AB4

tetradic

#B4AB2A #2AB466 #2A33B4 #B42A78

square

#B4AB2A #2AB466 #2A33B4 #B42A78

split-complementary

#B4AB2A #2A78B4 #662AB4

monochromatic

#514D13 #827C1E #B4AB2A #D4CB47 #E0D979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B4AB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB2A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB2A	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA50A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec36e',
    500: '#b4ab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab2a;
$custom-light: #cec36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB2A

secondary

#7278C8

accent

#4DE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB2A

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

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