#B4AC3F#B4AC3F
#B4AC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B4AC3F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 172, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 48%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 65%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 65%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.16, -10.50, 55.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.16, 56.04, 100.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.05% -0.0336 0.1245) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.05% 0.129 105.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.4734, 39.5685, 10.5232) |
| Luminance | 0.3957 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.67
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.71
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.24
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.72
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 6.01
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B4AC3F #3F47B4
analogous
#B4713F #B4AC3F #82B43F
triadic
#B4AC3F #3FB4AC #AC3FB4
tetradic
#B4AC3F #3FB471 #3F47B4 #B43F82
square
#B4AC3F #3FB471 #3F47B4 #B43F82
split-complementary
#B4AC3F #3F82B4 #713FB4
monochromatic
#59551F #87812F #B4AC3F #CAC367 #DAD594
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.36
#B4AC3F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.91
#B4AC3F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B4AC3F
8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B4AC3F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B4AC3F | 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)
#BAA631
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAB46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1A195
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b4ac3f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 105.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdc47a',
500: '#b4ac3f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b4ac3f; $custom-light: #cdc47a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b4ac3f",
"rgb": {
"r": 180,
"g": 172,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.897,
"s": 48.148,
"l": 47.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73054,
"c": 0.12901,
"h": 105.1
},
"luminance": 0.39567
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B4AC3F
secondary
#8A8EC5
accent
#59D850
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8EE
border
#D3D1C9
text
#141209
muted
#83817B