#B4AB32#B4AB32

#B4AB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB32
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -10.69, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 60.78, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0356 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.9624, 39.0607, 8.7675)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB32 #323BB4

analogous

#B46A32 #B4AB32 #7CB432

triadic

#B4AB32 #32B4AB #AB32B4

tetradic

#B4AB32 #32B46A #323BB4 #B4327C

square

#B4AB32 #32B46A #323BB4 #B4327C

split-complementary

#B4AB32 #327CB4 #6A32B4

monochromatic

#545017 #847D25 #B4AB32 #CFC754 #DDD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B4AB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB32

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB32	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)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec372',
    500: '#b4ab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab32;
$custom-light: #cec372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72733,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.39059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB32

secondary

#7C81C6

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB32

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

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