#B4AC31#B4AC31

#B4AC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC31
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -11.26, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 61.50, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0373 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.139 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1307, 39.4314, 8.7183)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC31 #3139B4

analogous

#B46B31 #B4AC31 #7AB431

triadic

#B4AC31 #31B4AC #AC31B4

tetradic

#B4AC31 #31B46B #3139B4 #B4317A

square

#B4AC31 #31B46B #3139B4 #B4317A

split-complementary

#B4AC31 #317AB4 #6B31B4

monochromatic

#545017 #847E24 #B4AC31 #D0C852 #DDD882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B4AC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC31

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC31	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec472',
    500: '#b4ac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac31;
$custom-light: #cec472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72944,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC31

secondary

#7B7FC6

accent

#51E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC31

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

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