#B4AC2D#B4AC2D

#B4AC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC2D
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -11.44, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 62.89, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0382 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0500, 39.3991, 8.2933)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC2D #2D35B4

analogous

#B4682D #B4AC2D #79B42D

triadic

#B4AC2D #2DB4AC #AC2DB4

tetradic

#B4AC2D #2DB468 #2D35B4 #B42D79

square

#B4AC2D #2DB468 #2D35B4 #B42D79

split-complementary

#B4AC2D #2D79B4 #682DB4

monochromatic

#524E15 #837D21 #B4AC2D #D2CA4C #DED97D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B4AC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC2D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC2D	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BBA612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec470',
    500: '#b4ac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac2d;
$custom-light: #cec470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC2D

secondary

#767BC7

accent

#4EE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC2D

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

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