#B4AC1B#B4AC1B

#B4AC1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.149 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC1B
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 27)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -12.06, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 68.05, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0413 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.149 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7743, 39.2888, 6.8411)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC1B #1B23B4

analogous

#B4601B #B4AC1B #6FB41B

triadic

#B4AC1B #1BB4AC #AC1BB4

tetradic

#B4AC1B #1BB460 #1B23B4 #B41B6F

square

#B4AC1B #1BB460 #1B23B4 #B41B6F

split-complementary

#B4AC1B #1B6FB4 #601BB4

monochromatic

#4A460B #7F7913 #B4AC1B #DFD62D #E7E062

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AC1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B4AC1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC1B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC1B	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)

#BCA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.149 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc468',
    500: '#b4ac1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac1b;
$custom-light: #cfc468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC1B

secondary

#5F64CC

accent

#41F137

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC1B

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

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