#B4AC37#B4AC37

#B4AC37 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	#B4AC37
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -10.96, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 59.26, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0358 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2659, 39.4854, 9.4302)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC37 #373FB4

analogous

#B46D37 #B4AC37 #7DB437

triadic

#B4AC37 #37B4AC #AC37B4

tetradic

#B4AC37 #37B46D #373FB4 #B4377D

square

#B4AC37 #37B46D #373FB4 #B4377D

split-complementary

#B4AC37 #377DB4 #6D37B4

monochromatic

#56521A #857F29 #B4AC37 #CDC65B #DBD68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B4AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC37

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC37	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec475',
    500: '#b4ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac37;
$custom-light: #cec475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC37

secondary

#8186C6

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC37

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

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