#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
RGBrgb(180, 174, 50)
HSLhsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSVhsv(57, 72%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.3%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.62, -12.25, 60.63)
CIE-LCHlch(69.62, 61.85, 101.42°)
OKLaboklab(73.39% -0.0399 0.1341)
OKLCHoklch(73.39% 0.14 106.6)
XYZxyz(34.5355, 40.2069, 8.9585)
Luminance0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B4AE321.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

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

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#B4AE32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva