#B4AB31#B4AB31

#B4AB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB31
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -10.74, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 61.14, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0358 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9411, 39.0522, 8.6551)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB31 #313AB4

analogous

#B46A31 #B4AB31 #7BB431

triadic

#B4AB31 #31B4AB #AB31B4

tetradic

#B4AB31 #31B46A #313AB4 #B4317B

square

#B4AB31 #31B46A #313AB4 #B4317B

split-complementary

#B4AB31 #317BB4 #6A31B4

monochromatic

#545017 #847D24 #B4AB31 #D0C752 #DDD782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B4AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB31

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB31	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)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec372',
    500: '#b4ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab31;
$custom-light: #cec372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72726,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB31

secondary

#7B80C6

accent

#52E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB31

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

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