#B4AE31#B4AE31

#B4AE31 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	#B4AE31
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 72.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -12.29, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 62.21, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0402 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5142, 40.1984, 8.8461)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE31 #3137B4

analogous

#B46D31 #B4AE31 #78B431

triadic

#B4AE31 #31B4AE #AE31B4

tetradic

#B4AE31 #31B46D #3137B4 #B43178

square

#B4AE31 #31B46D #3137B4 #B43178

split-complementary

#B4AE31 #3178B4 #6D31B4

monochromatic

#545117 #847F24 #B4AE31 #D0CA52 #DDD982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B4AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE31

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE31	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)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec572',
    500: '#b4ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae31;
$custom-light: #cec572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7338,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE31

secondary

#7B7EC6

accent

#4EE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE31

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

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