#B4AC28#B4AC28

#B4AC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.144 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC28
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 77.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -11.64, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 64.51, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0392 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.144 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9594, 39.3628, 7.8160)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC28 #2830B4

analogous

#B46628 #B4AC28 #76B428

triadic

#B4AC28 #28B4AC #AC28B4

tetradic

#B4AC28 #28B466 #2830B4 #B42876

square

#B4AC28 #28B466 #2830B4 #B42876

split-complementary

#B4AC28 #2876B4 #6628B4

monochromatic

#504C12 #827C1D #B4AC28 #D5CD44 #E1DA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AC28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B4AC28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC28

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC28	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec46e',
    500: '#b4ac28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac28;
$custom-light: #cec46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC28

secondary

#7075C8

accent

#4BE741

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC28

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

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