#B4AD37#B4AD37

#B4AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.136 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD37
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -11.48, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 59.63, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0373 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.136 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4569, 39.8675, 9.4939)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD37 #373EB4

analogous

#B46E37 #B4AD37 #7CB437

triadic

#B4AD37 #37B4AD #AD37B4

tetradic

#B4AD37 #37B46E #373EB4 #B4377C

square

#B4AD37 #37B46E #373EB4 #B4377C

split-complementary

#B4AD37 #377CB4 #6E37B4

monochromatic

#56531A #858029 #B4AD37 #CDC75B #DBD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B4AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD37

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.136 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec575',
    500: '#b4ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad37;
$custom-light: #cec575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73205,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD37

secondary

#8185C6

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD37

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

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