#B4AD33#B4AD33

#B4AD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD33
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -11.68, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 61.13, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0383 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3649, 39.8307, 9.0092)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD33 #333AB4

analogous

#B46C33 #B4AD33 #7BB433

triadic

#B4AD33 #33B4AD #AD33B4

tetradic

#B4AD33 #33B46C #333AB4 #B4337B

square

#B4AD33 #33B46C #333AB4 #B4337B

split-complementary

#B4AD33 #337BB4 #6C33B4

monochromatic

#555118 #847F25 #B4AD33 #CFC855 #DCD885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B4AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD33

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD33	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec573',
    500: '#b4ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad33;
$custom-light: #cec573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD33

secondary

#7D81C6

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD33

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

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