#B4AE2A#B4AE2A

#B4AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE2A
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -12.60, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 64.57, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0417 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.145 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3778, 40.1438, 8.1277)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE2A #2A30B4

analogous

#B4692A #B4AE2A #75B42A

triadic

#B4AE2A #2AB4AE #AE2AB4

tetradic

#B4AE2A #2AB469 #2A30B4 #B42A75

square

#B4AE2A #2AB469 #2A30B4 #B42A75

split-complementary

#B4AE2A #2A75B4 #692AB4

monochromatic

#514E13 #827E1E #B4AE2A #D4CE47 #E0DB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B4AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE2A

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE2A	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)

#BDA707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56f',
    500: '#b4ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae2a;
$custom-light: #cec56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73337,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE2A

secondary

#7276C8

accent

#4AE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE2A

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

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