#B4AC2E#B4AC2E

#B4AC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC2E
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -11.40, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 62.55, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0379 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0695, 39.4069, 8.3959)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC2E #2E36B4

analogous

#B4692E #B4AC2E #79B42E

triadic

#B4AC2E #2EB4AC #AC2EB4

tetradic

#B4AC2E #2EB469 #2E36B4 #B42E79

square

#B4AC2E #2EB469 #2E36B4 #B42E79

split-complementary

#B4AC2E #2E79B4 #692EB4

monochromatic

#534F15 #837D22 #B4AC2E #D2CA4E #DED87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B4AC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC2E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC2E	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)

#BBA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec470',
    500: '#b4ac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac2e;
$custom-light: #cec470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC2E

secondary

#777CC7

accent

#4FE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC2E

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

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