#B4AB36#B4AB36

#B4AB36 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	#B4AB36
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -10.49, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 59.28, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0346 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0525, 39.0967, 9.2420)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB36 #363FB4

analogous

#B46C36 #B4AB36 #7EB436

triadic

#B4AB36 #36B4AB #AB36B4

tetradic

#B4AB36 #36B46C #363FB4 #B4367E

square

#B4AB36 #36B46C #363FB4 #B4367E

split-complementary

#B4AB36 #367EB4 #6C36B4

monochromatic

#56521A #857E28 #B4AB36 #CDC55A #DCD689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4AB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB36

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB36	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec374',
    500: '#b4ab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab36;
$custom-light: #cec374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72762,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB36

secondary

#8085C6

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB36

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

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