#B4AD36#B4AD36

#B4AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.136 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD36
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -11.53, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 60.01, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0375 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.4332, 39.8580, 9.3689)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD36 #363DB4

analogous

#B46E36 #B4AD36 #7CB436

triadic

#B4AD36 #36B4AD #AD36B4

tetradic

#B4AD36 #36B46E #363DB4 #B4367C

square

#B4AD36 #36B46E #363DB4 #B4367C

split-complementary

#B4AD36 #367CB4 #6E36B4

monochromatic

#56531A #858028 #B4AD36 #CDC75A #DCD789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B4AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD36

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec575',
    500: '#b4ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad36;
$custom-light: #cec575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73197,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.39857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD36

secondary

#8084C6

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD36

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

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