#B4AB33#B4AB33

#B4AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB33
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -10.64, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 60.41, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0353 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.9842, 39.0694, 8.8824)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB33 #333CB4

analogous

#B46A33 #B4AB33 #7CB433

triadic

#B4AB33 #33B4AB #AB33B4

tetradic

#B4AB33 #33B46A #333CB4 #B4337C

square

#B4AB33 #33B46A #333CB4 #B4337C

split-complementary

#B4AB33 #337CB4 #6A33B4

monochromatic

#555018 #847E25 #B4AB33 #CFC655 #DCD685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B4AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB33

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB33	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)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec373',
    500: '#b4ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab33;
$custom-light: #cec373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.39068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB33

secondary

#7D82C6

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB33

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

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