#B4AD35#B4AD35

#B4AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.137 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD35
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -11.58, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 60.39, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0378 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.137 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.4099, 39.8487, 9.2465)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD35 #353CB4

analogous

#B46D35 #B4AD35 #7BB435

triadic

#B4AD35 #35B4AD #AD35B4

tetradic

#B4AD35 #35B46D #353CB4 #B4357B

square

#B4AD35 #35B46D #353CB4 #B4357B

split-complementary

#B4AD35 #357BB4 #6D35B4

monochromatic

#555219 #858027 #B4AD35 #CEC758 #DCD788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B4AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD35

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD35	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)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.137 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec574',
    500: '#b4ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad35;
$custom-light: #cec574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.39847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD35

secondary

#7F83C6

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD35

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

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