#B4AC40#B4AC40

#B4AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.128 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC40
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -10.44, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 55.62, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0334 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.128 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5016, 39.5797, 10.6718)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC40 #4048B4

analogous

#B47240 #B4AC40 #82B440

triadic

#B4AC40 #40B4AC #AC40B4

tetradic

#B4AC40 #40B472 #4048B4 #B44082

square

#B4AC40 #40B472 #4048B4 #B44082

split-complementary

#B4AC40 #4082B4 #7240B4

monochromatic

#5A5620 #878130 #B4AC40 #C9C368 #D9D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B4AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B4AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC40

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC40	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.128 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc47a',
    500: '#b4ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac40;
$custom-light: #cdc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC40

secondary

#8B8FC5

accent

#5AD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC40

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

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