#B4AC3A#B4AC3A

#B4AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC3A
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -10.79, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 58.08, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.035 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.133 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3400, 39.5151, 9.8205)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC3A #3A42B4

analogous

#B46F3A #B4AC3A #7FB43A

triadic

#B4AC3A #3AB4AC #AC3AB4

tetradic

#B4AC3A #3AB46F #3A42B4 #B43A7F

square

#B4AC3A #3AB46F #3A42B4 #B43A7F

split-complementary

#B4AC3A #3A7FB4 #6F3AB4

monochromatic

#57541C #86802B #B4AC3A #CCC560 #DBD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B4AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC3A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC3A	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)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec477',
    500: '#b4ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac3a;
$custom-light: #cec477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73011,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC3A

secondary

#8589C5

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC3A

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

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