#B4AB48#B4AB48

#B4AB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AB48
RGB	rgb(180, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -9.37, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 51.74, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0294 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.121 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5562, 39.2982, 11.8947)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AB48 #4851B4

analogous

#B47548 #B4AB48 #87B448

triadic

#B4AB48 #48B4AB #AB48B4

tetradic

#B4AB48 #48B475 #4851B4 #B44887

square

#B4AB48 #48B475 #4851B4 #B44887

split-complementary

#B4AB48 #4887B4 #7548B4

monochromatic

#5D5825 #888137 #B4AB48 #C7C072 #D8D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B4AB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AB48

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AB48	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37f',
    500: '#b4ab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ab48;
$custom-light: #cdc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AB48

secondary

#9397C5

accent

#60D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AB48

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

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