#B4AC2A#B4AC2A

#B4AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.143 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC2A
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -11.56, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 63.88, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0388 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9943, 39.3768, 7.9999)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC2A #2A32B4

analogous

#B4672A #B4AC2A #77B42A

triadic

#B4AC2A #2AB4AC #AC2AB4

tetradic

#B4AC2A #2AB467 #2A32B4 #B42A77

square

#B4AC2A #2AB467 #2A32B4 #B42A77

split-complementary

#B4AC2A #2A77B4 #672AB4

monochromatic

#514D13 #827D1E #B4AC2A #D4CC47 #E0DA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B4AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC2A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC2A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec46e',
    500: '#b4ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac2a;
$custom-light: #cec46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC2A

secondary

#7277C8

accent

#4CE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC2A

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

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