#B4AB39#B4AB39

#B4AB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB39
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -10.33, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 58.11, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0338 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.132 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1252, 39.1258, 9.6246)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB39 #3942B4

analogous

#B46E39 #B4AB39 #80B439

triadic

#B4AB39 #39B4AB #AB39B4

tetradic

#B4AB39 #39B46E #3942B4 #B43980

square

#B4AB39 #39B46E #3942B4 #B43980

split-complementary

#B4AB39 #3980B4 #6E39B4

monochromatic

#57531C #867F2A #B4AB39 #CCC45E #DBD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B4AB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB39

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB39	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)

#BAA528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec376',
    500: '#b4ab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab39;
$custom-light: #cec376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72785,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB39

secondary

#8388C5

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB39

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

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