#B4AD30#B4AD30

#B4AD30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.140 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD30
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -11.82, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 62.21, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.039 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.14 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3009, 39.8051, 8.6721)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD30 #3037B4

analogous

#B46B30 #B4AD30 #79B430

triadic

#B4AD30 #30B4AD #AD30B4

tetradic

#B4AD30 #30B46B #3037B4 #B43079

square

#B4AD30 #30B46B #3037B4 #B43079

split-complementary

#B4AD30 #3079B4 #6B30B4

monochromatic

#535016 #847F23 #B4AD30 #D1CA51 #DDD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B4AD30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD30

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD30	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)

#BCA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.140 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec571',
    500: '#b4ad30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad30;
$custom-light: #cec571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73155,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD30

secondary

#797DC6

accent

#4FE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD30

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

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