#B4AE2F#B4AE2F

#B4AE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE2F
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -12.39, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 62.91, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0406 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4729, 40.1819, 8.6288)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE2F #2F35B4

analogous

#B46B2F #B4AE2F #78B42F

triadic

#B4AE2F #2FB4AE #AE2FB4

tetradic

#B4AE2F #2FB46B #2F35B4 #B42F78

square

#B4AE2F #2FB46B #2F35B4 #B42F78

split-complementary

#B4AE2F #2F78B4 #6B2FB4

monochromatic

#535016 #837F22 #B4AE2F #D1CB4F #DEDA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B4AE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE2F

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE2F	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec571',
    500: '#b4ae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae2f;
$custom-light: #cec571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE2F

secondary

#787CC7

accent

#4DE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE2F

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

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