#B4AC3E#B4AC3E

#B4AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC3E
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -10.56, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 56.46, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0339 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.13 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4457, 39.5574, 10.3774)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC3E #3E46B4

analogous

#B4713E #B4AC3E #81B43E

triadic

#B4AC3E #3EB4AC #AC3EB4

tetradic

#B4AC3E #3EB471 #3E46B4 #B43E81

square

#B4AC3E #3EB471 #3E46B4 #B43E81

split-complementary

#B4AC3E #3E81B4 #713EB4

monochromatic

#59551F #86812E #B4AC3E #CAC365 #DAD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B4AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC3E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC3E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc479',
    500: '#b4ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac3e;
$custom-light: #cdc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC3E

secondary

#898DC5

accent

#59D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC3E

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

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