#B4AE28#B4AE28

#B4AE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.146 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE28
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 77.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -12.68, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 65.19, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0421 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.146 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3429, 40.1299, 7.9439)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE28 #282EB4

analogous

#B46828 #B4AE28 #74B428

triadic

#B4AE28 #28B4AE #AE28B4

tetradic

#B4AE28 #28B468 #282EB4 #B42874

square

#B4AE28 #28B468 #282EB4 #B42874

split-complementary

#B4AE28 #2874B4 #6828B4

monochromatic

#504D12 #827E1D #B4AE28 #D5CF44 #E1DC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B4AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE28

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE28	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.146 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56e',
    500: '#b4ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae28;
$custom-light: #cec56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73326,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE28

secondary

#7074C8

accent

#48E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE28

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

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