#B4AC48#B4AC48

#B4AC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.122 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC48
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -9.90, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 52.14, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0309 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.122 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7458, 39.6774, 11.9579)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC48 #4850B4

analogous

#B47648 #B4AC48 #86B448

triadic

#B4AC48 #48B4AC #AC48B4

tetradic

#B4AC48 #48B476 #4850B4 #B44886

square

#B4AC48 #48B476 #4850B4 #B44886

split-complementary

#B4AC48 #4886B4 #7648B4

monochromatic

#5D5825 #888237 #B4AC48 #C7C172 #D8D49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B4AC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B4AC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC48

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC48	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.122 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc47f',
    500: '#b4ac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac48;
$custom-light: #cdc47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC48

secondary

#9397C5

accent

#5ED355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC48

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

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