#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
RGBrgb(180, 174, 53)
HSLhsl(57, 55%, 46%)
HSVhsv(57, 71%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.3%, 70.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.64, -12.10, 59.54)
CIE-LCHlch(69.64, 60.75, 101.49°)
OKLaboklab(73.41% -0.0392 0.1323)
OKLCHoklch(73.41% 0.138 106.5)
XYZxyz(34.6024, 40.2337, 9.3106)
Luminance0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B4AE351.002.329.059.05
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0521.001.001.00
##0000009.0521.001.001.00

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

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#B4AE35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva