#B4AC2C#B4AC2C

#B4AC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC2C
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -11.48, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 63.23, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0384 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0310, 39.3915, 8.1931)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC2C #2C34B4

analogous

#B4682C #B4AC2C #78B42C

triadic

#B4AC2C #2CB4AC #AC2CB4

tetradic

#B4AC2C #2CB468 #2C34B4 #B42C78

square

#B4AC2C #2CB468 #2C34B4 #B42C78

split-complementary

#B4AC2C #2C78B4 #682CB4

monochromatic

#524E14 #837D20 #B4AC2C #D3CB4A #DFD97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B4AC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B4AC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC2C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC2C	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)

#BBA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec46f',
    500: '#b4ac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac2c;
$custom-light: #cec46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72912,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC2C

secondary

#7579C7

accent

#4DE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC2C

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

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