#B4AD38#B4AD38

#B4AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD38
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -11.42, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 59.24, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.037 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4811, 39.8772, 9.6214)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD38 #383FB4

analogous

#B46F38 #B4AD38 #7DB438

triadic

#B4AD38 #38B4AD #AD38B4

tetradic

#B4AD38 #38B46F #383FB4 #B4387D

square

#B4AD38 #38B46F #383FB4 #B4387D

split-complementary

#B4AD38 #387DB4 #6F38B4

monochromatic

#57531B #858029 #B4AD38 #CDC65D #DBD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B4AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B4AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD38

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD38	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec576',
    500: '#b4ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad38;
$custom-light: #cec576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD38

secondary

#8286C5

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD38

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

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