#B4AE35#B4AE35

#B4AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE35
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -12.10, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 60.75, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0392 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6024, 40.2337, 9.3106)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE35 #353BB4

analogous

#B46E35 #B4AE35 #7AB435

triadic

#B4AE35 #35B4AE #AE35B4

tetradic

#B4AE35 #35B46E #353BB4 #B4357A

square

#B4AE35 #35B46E #353BB4 #B4357A

split-complementary

#B4AE35 #357AB4 #6E35B4

monochromatic

#555319 #858027 #B4AE35 #CEC858 #DCD888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B4AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE35

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE35	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.138 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec574',
    500: '#b4ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae35;
$custom-light: #cec574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73408,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE35

secondary

#7F82C6

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE35

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

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