#B4AD46#B4AD46

#B4AD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.124 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AD46
RGB	rgb(180, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -10.56, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 53.42, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.033 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.124 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8726, 40.0338, 11.6835)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AD46 #464DB4

analogous

#B47646 #B4AD46 #84B446

triadic

#B4AD46 #46B4AD #AD46B4

tetradic

#B4AD46 #46B476 #464DB4 #B44684

square

#B4AD46 #46B476 #464DB4 #B44684

split-complementary

#B4AD46 #4684B4 #7646B4

monochromatic

#5C5824 #888335 #B4AD46 #C7C270 #D8D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B4AD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AD46

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AD46	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.124 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc57e',
    500: '#b4ad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ad46;
$custom-light: #cdc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73337,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AD46

secondary

#9194C5

accent

#5CD454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AD46

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

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