#B4AD32#B4AD32

#B4AD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.139 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD32
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -11.73, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 61.49, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0385 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.139 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3431, 39.8220, 8.8944)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD32 #3239B4

analogous

#B46C32 #B4AD32 #7AB432

triadic

#B4AD32 #32B4AD #AD32B4

tetradic

#B4AD32 #32B46C #3239B4 #B4327A

square

#B4AD32 #32B46C #3239B4 #B4327A

split-complementary

#B4AD32 #327AB4 #6C32B4

monochromatic

#545117 #847F25 #B4AD32 #CFC954 #DDD884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#B4AD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD32

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD32	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)

#BCA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.139 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec572',
    500: '#b4ad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad32;
$custom-light: #cec572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73169,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD32

secondary

#7C80C6

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD32

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

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