#B4AC38#B4AC38

#B4AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.134 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC38
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -10.90, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 58.87, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0356 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.134 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2901, 39.4951, 9.5577)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC38 #3840B4

analogous

#B46E38 #B4AC38 #7EB438

triadic

#B4AC38 #38B4AC #AC38B4

tetradic

#B4AC38 #38B46E #3840B4 #B4387E

square

#B4AC38 #38B46E #3840B4 #B4387E

split-complementary

#B4AC38 #387EB4 #6E38B4

monochromatic

#57531B #857F29 #B4AC38 #CDC55D #DBD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B4AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC38

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC38	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)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.134 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec476',
    500: '#b4ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac38;
$custom-light: #cec476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72995,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC38

secondary

#8287C5

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC38

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

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