#B4AC33#B4AC33

#B4AC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC33
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -11.16, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 60.77, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0368 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1738, 39.4486, 8.9456)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC33 #333BB4

analogous

#B46B33 #B4AC33 #7BB433

triadic

#B4AC33 #33B4AC #AC33B4

tetradic

#B4AC33 #33B46B #333BB4 #B4337B

square

#B4AC33 #33B46B #333BB4 #B4337B

split-complementary

#B4AC33 #337BB4 #6B33B4

monochromatic

#555118 #847E25 #B4AC33 #CFC755 #DCD785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B4AC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC33

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC33	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)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec473',
    500: '#b4ac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac33;
$custom-light: #cec473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC33

secondary

#7D81C6

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC33

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

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