#B4AB2D#B4AB2D

#B4AB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB2D
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -10.92, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 62.55, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0367 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8604, 39.0199, 8.2301)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB2D #2D36B4

analogous

#B4682D #B4AB2D #7AB42D

triadic

#B4AB2D #2DB4AB #AB2DB4

tetradic

#B4AB2D #2DB468 #2D36B4 #B42D7A

square

#B4AB2D #2DB468 #2D36B4 #B42D7A

split-complementary

#B4AB2D #2D7AB4 #682DB4

monochromatic

#524E15 #837C21 #B4AB2D #D2C94C #DED87D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B4AB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B4AB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB2D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB2D	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)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec370',
    500: '#b4ab2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab2d;
$custom-light: #cec370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB2D

secondary

#767BC7

accent

#4FE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB2D

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

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