#B4AB2E#B4AB2E

#B4AB2E 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 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB2E
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -10.88, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 62.20, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0365 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8799, 39.0277, 8.3327)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB2E #2E37B4

analogous

#B4682E #B4AB2E #7AB42E

triadic

#B4AB2E #2EB4AB #AB2EB4

tetradic

#B4AB2E #2EB468 #2E37B4 #B42E7A

square

#B4AB2E #2EB468 #2E37B4 #B42E7A

split-complementary

#B4AB2E #2E7AB4 #682EB4

monochromatic

#534E15 #837D22 #B4AB2E #D2C94E #DED87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B4AB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB2E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB2E	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec370',
    500: '#b4ab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab2e;
$custom-light: #cec370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB2E

secondary

#777CC7

accent

#50E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB2E

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

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