#B4AD2A#B4AD2A

#B4AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD2A
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -12.08, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 64.22, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0402 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1853, 39.7589, 8.0636)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD2A #2A31B4

analogous

#B4682A #B4AD2A #76B42A

triadic

#B4AD2A #2AB4AD #AD2AB4

tetradic

#B4AD2A #2AB468 #2A31B4 #B42A76

square

#B4AD2A #2AB468 #2A31B4 #B42A76

split-complementary

#B4AD2A #2A76B4 #682AB4

monochromatic

#514E13 #827D1E #B4AD2A #D4CD47 #E0DA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B4AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B4AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD2A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD2A	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56f',
    500: '#b4ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad2a;
$custom-light: #cec56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD2A

secondary

#7277C8

accent

#4BE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD2A

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

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