#B4AC36#B4AC36

#B4AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B4AC36
RGBrgb(180, 172, 54)
HSLhsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(56, 70%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.09, -11.01, 58.62)
CIE-LCHlch(69.09, 59.64, 100.64°)
OKLaboklab(72.98% -0.0361 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(72.98% 0.135 105.4)
XYZxyz(34.2421, 39.4760, 9.3052)
Luminance0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B4AC36 #363EB4
analogous
#B46D36 #B4AC36 #7DB436
triadic
#B4AC36 #36B4AC #AC36B4
tetradic
#B4AC36 #36B46D #363EB4 #B4367D
square
#B4AC36 #36B46D #363EB4 #B4367D
split-complementary
#B4AC36 #367DB4 #6D36B4
monochromatic
#56521A #857F28 #B4AC36 #CDC65A #DCD689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#B4AC36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90
#B4AC36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC36
8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B4AC36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B4AC361.002.368.908.90
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9021.001.001.00
##0000008.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA623
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAB3E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1A095
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b4ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec474',
    500: '#b4ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b4ac36;
$custom-light: #cec474;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b4ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B4AC36
secondary
#8085C6
accent
#54DD4B
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#B4AC36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva