#B4AE29#B4AE29

#B4AE29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.145 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE29
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 77.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -12.64, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 64.88, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0419 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.145 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3601, 40.1367, 8.0346)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE29 #292FB4

analogous

#B46829 #B4AE29 #74B429

triadic

#B4AE29 #29B4AE #AE29B4

tetradic

#B4AE29 #29B468 #292FB4 #B42974

square

#B4AE29 #29B468 #292FB4 #B42974

split-complementary

#B4AE29 #2974B4 #6829B4

monochromatic

#504E12 #827E1E #B4AE29 #D5CF45 #E0DC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B4AE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE29

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE29	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)

#BDA704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.145 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56e',
    500: '#b4ae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae29;
$custom-light: #cec56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE29

secondary

#7175C8

accent

#49E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE29

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

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