#B4AC35#B4AC35

#B4AC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC35
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -11.06, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 60.02, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0363 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2189, 39.4667, 9.1828)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC35 #353DB4

analogous

#B46C35 #B4AC35 #7DB435

triadic

#B4AC35 #35B4AC #AC35B4

tetradic

#B4AC35 #35B46C #353DB4 #B4357D

square

#B4AC35 #35B46C #353DB4 #B4357D

split-complementary

#B4AC35 #357DB4 #6C35B4

monochromatic

#555219 #857F27 #B4AC35 #CEC758 #DCD788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B4AC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC35

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec474',
    500: '#b4ac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac35;
$custom-light: #cec474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC35

secondary

#7F84C6

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC35

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

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