#B4AD41#B4AD41

#B4AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.128 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD41
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -10.89, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 55.58, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0345 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.128 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7213, 39.9733, 10.8866)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD41 #4148B4

analogous

#B47341 #B4AD41 #81B441

triadic

#B4AD41 #41B4AD #AD41B4

tetradic

#B4AD41 #41B473 #4148B4 #B44181

square

#B4AD41 #41B473 #4148B4 #B44181

split-complementary

#B4AD41 #4181B4 #7341B4

monochromatic

#5A5721 #878231 #B4AD41 #C9C369 #D9D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B4AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD41

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD41	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.128 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc57b',
    500: '#b4ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad41;
$custom-light: #cdc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD41

secondary

#8C8FC5

accent

#59D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD41

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

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