#B4AC3C#B4AC3C

#B4AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC3C
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -10.68, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 57.28, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0345 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.131 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3918, 39.5358, 10.0937)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC3C #3C44B4

analogous

#B4703C #B4AC3C #80B43C

triadic

#B4AC3C #3CB4AC #AC3CB4

tetradic

#B4AC3C #3CB470 #3C44B4 #B43C80

square

#B4AC3C #3CB470 #3C44B4 #B43C80

split-complementary

#B4AC3C #3C80B4 #703CB4

monochromatic

#58541D #86802D #B4AC3C #CBC462 #DAD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B4AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC3C

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC3C	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec478',
    500: '#b4ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac3c;
$custom-light: #cec478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC3C

secondary

#878BC5

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC3C

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

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