#B4AE2C#B4AE2C

#B4AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE2C
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -12.52, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 63.92, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0413 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4145, 40.1585, 8.3210)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE2C #2C32B4

analogous

#B46A2C #B4AE2C #76B42C

triadic

#B4AE2C #2CB4AE #AE2CB4

tetradic

#B4AE2C #2CB46A #2C32B4 #B42C76

square

#B4AE2C #2CB46A #2C32B4 #B42C76

split-complementary

#B4AE2C #2C76B4 #6A2CB4

monochromatic

#524F14 #837E20 #B4AE2C #D3CD4A #DFDA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B4AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#B4AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE2C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE2C	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)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec570',
    500: '#b4ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae2c;
$custom-light: #cec570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73349,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE2C

secondary

#7578C7

accent

#4BE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE2C

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

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