#B4AB37#B4AB37

#B4AB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB37
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -10.44, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 58.90, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0343 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.134 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0763, 39.1062, 9.3670)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB37 #3740B4

analogous

#B46C37 #B4AB37 #7EB437

triadic

#B4AB37 #37B4AB #AB37B4

tetradic

#B4AB37 #37B46C #3740B4 #B4377E

square

#B4AB37 #37B46C #3740B4 #B4377E

split-complementary

#B4AB37 #377EB4 #6C37B4

monochromatic

#56521A #857E29 #B4AB37 #CDC55B #DBD58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4AB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB37

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB37	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)

#BAA525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec375',
    500: '#b4ab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab37;
$custom-light: #cec375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB37

secondary

#8186C6

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB37

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

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