#B4AE30#B4AE30

#B4AE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE30
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -12.34, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 62.56, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0404 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4933, 40.1900, 8.7362)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE30 #3036B4

analogous

#B46C30 #B4AE30 #78B430

triadic

#B4AE30 #30B4AE #AE30B4

tetradic

#B4AE30 #30B46C #3036B4 #B43078

square

#B4AE30 #30B46C #3036B4 #B43078

split-complementary

#B4AE30 #3078B4 #6C30B4

monochromatic

#535116 #847F23 #B4AE30 #D1CB51 #DDD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B4AE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE30

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE30	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)

#BDA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec572',
    500: '#b4ae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae30;
$custom-light: #cec572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE30

secondary

#797DC6

accent

#4EE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE30

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →