#B4AE34#B4AE34

#B4AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE34
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -12.15, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 61.12, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0395 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5796, 40.2246, 9.1908)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE34 #343AB4

analogous

#B46E34 #B4AE34 #7AB434

triadic

#B4AE34 #34B4AE #AE34B4

tetradic

#B4AE34 #34B46E #343AB4 #B4347A

square

#B4AE34 #34B46E #343AB4 #B4347A

split-complementary

#B4AE34 #347AB4 #6E34B4

monochromatic

#555219 #858026 #B4AE34 #CEC957 #DCD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B4AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE34

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE34	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)

#BDA71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec574',
    500: '#b4ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae34;
$custom-light: #cec574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE34

secondary

#7E81C6

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE34

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

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