#B4AE32#B4AE32

#B4AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.140 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE32
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -12.25, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 61.85, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0399 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5355, 40.2069, 8.9585)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE32 #3238B4

analogous

#B46D32 #B4AE32 #79B432

triadic

#B4AE32 #32B4AE #AE32B4

tetradic

#B4AE32 #32B46D #3238B4 #B43279

square

#B4AE32 #32B46D #3238B4 #B43279

split-complementary

#B4AE32 #3279B4 #6D32B4

monochromatic

#545117 #848025 #B4AE32 #CFCA54 #DDD984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B4AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE32

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE32	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)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec573',
    500: '#b4ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae32;
$custom-light: #cec573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73387,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE32

secondary

#7C7FC6

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE32

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

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