#B4AD2D#B4AD2D

#B4AD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD2D
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -11.96, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 63.24, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0396 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2410, 39.7812, 8.3570)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD2D #2D34B4

analogous

#B46A2D #B4AD2D #78B42D

triadic

#B4AD2D #2DB4AD #AD2DB4

tetradic

#B4AD2D #2DB46A #2D34B4 #B42D78

square

#B4AD2D #2DB46A #2D34B4 #B42D78

split-complementary

#B4AD2D #2D78B4 #6A2DB4

monochromatic

#524F15 #837E21 #B4AD2D #D2CB4C #DED97D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B4AD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD2D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD2D	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec570',
    500: '#b4ad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad2d;
$custom-light: #cec570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73136,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD2D

secondary

#767AC7

accent

#4DE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD2D

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

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