#B4AB41#B4AB41

#B4AB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.126 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB41
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -9.85, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 54.81, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0316 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.126 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3407, 39.2120, 10.7598)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB41 #414AB4

analogous

#B47141 #B4AB41 #84B441

triadic

#B4AB41 #41B4AB #AB41B4

tetradic

#B4AB41 #41B471 #414AB4 #B44184

square

#B4AB41 #41B471 #414AB4 #B44184

split-complementary

#B4AB41 #4184B4 #7141B4

monochromatic

#5A5621 #878031 #B4AB41 #C9C169 #D9D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B4AB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB41

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB41	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37b',
    500: '#b4ab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab41;
$custom-light: #cdc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB41

secondary

#8C90C5

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB41

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

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