#B4AB35#B4AB35

#B4AB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB35
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -10.54, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 59.67, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0348 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0293, 39.0875, 9.1196)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB35 #353EB4

analogous

#B46B35 #B4AB35 #7DB435

triadic

#B4AB35 #35B4AB #AB35B4

tetradic

#B4AB35 #35B46B #353EB4 #B4357D

square

#B4AB35 #35B46B #353EB4 #B4357D

split-complementary

#B4AB35 #357DB4 #6B35B4

monochromatic

#555119 #857E27 #B4AB35 #CEC658 #DCD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4AB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB35

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB35	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec374',
    500: '#b4ab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab35;
$custom-light: #cec374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB35

secondary

#7F84C6

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB35

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

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