#B4AE1B#B4AE1B

#B4AE1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.151 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE1B
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -13.09, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 68.69, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0442 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.151 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.1578, 40.0558, 6.9690)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE1B #1B21B4

analogous

#B4611B #B4AE1B #6DB41B

triadic

#B4AE1B #1BB4AE #AE1BB4

tetradic

#B4AE1B #1BB461 #1B21B4 #B41B6D

square

#B4AE1B #1BB461 #1B21B4 #B41B6D

split-complementary

#B4AE1B #1B6DB4 #611BB4

monochromatic

#4A470B #7F7B13 #B4AE1B #DFD82D #E7E262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AE1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B4AE1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE1B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE1B	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)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.151 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc569',
    500: '#b4ae1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae1b;
$custom-light: #cfc569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73267,
    "c": 0.15105,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.40055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE1B

secondary

#5F63CC

accent

#3FF137

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE1B

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

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