#B4AC32#B4AC32

#B4AC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.138 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC32
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -11.21, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 61.14, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.037 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.138 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1520, 39.4399, 8.8307)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC32 #323AB4

analogous

#B46B32 #B4AC32 #7BB432

triadic

#B4AC32 #32B4AC #AC32B4

tetradic

#B4AC32 #32B46B #323AB4 #B4327B

square

#B4AC32 #32B46B #323AB4 #B4327B

split-complementary

#B4AC32 #327BB4 #6B32B4

monochromatic

#545017 #847E25 #B4AC32 #CFC854 #DDD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B4AC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC32

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC32	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)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.138 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec472',
    500: '#b4ac32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac32;
$custom-light: #cec472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72951,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC32

secondary

#7C80C6

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC32

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

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