#B4AB3A#B4AB3A

#B4AB3A 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 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB3A
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -10.27, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 57.71, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0336 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.132 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1504, 39.1359, 9.7573)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB3A #3A43B4

analogous

#B46E3A #B4AB3A #80B43A

triadic

#B4AB3A #3AB4AB #AB3AB4

tetradic

#B4AB3A #3AB46E #3A43B4 #B43A80

square

#B4AB3A #3AB46E #3A43B4 #B43A80

split-complementary

#B4AB3A #3A80B4 #6E3AB4

monochromatic

#57531C #867F2B #B4AB3A #CCC460 #DBD58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B4AB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B4AB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB3A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB3A	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec377',
    500: '#b4ab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab3a;
$custom-light: #cec377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB3A

secondary

#8589C5

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB3A

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

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