#B4AB38#B4AB38

#B4AB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB38
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -10.38, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 58.51, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0341 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.133 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1005, 39.1159, 9.4945)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB38 #3841B4

analogous

#B46D38 #B4AB38 #7FB438

triadic

#B4AB38 #38B4AB #AB38B4

tetradic

#B4AB38 #38B46D #3841B4 #B4387F

square

#B4AB38 #38B46D #3841B4 #B4387F

split-complementary

#B4AB38 #387FB4 #6D38B4

monochromatic

#57521B #857F29 #B4AB38 #CDC45D #DBD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4AB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB38

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec375',
    500: '#b4ab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab38;
$custom-light: #cec375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72777,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB38

secondary

#8287C5

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB38

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

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