#B4AE37#B4AE37

#B4AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE37
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -11.99, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 60.00, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0387 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6494, 40.2524, 9.5580)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE37 #373DB4

analogous

#B46F37 #B4AE37 #7BB437

triadic

#B4AE37 #37B4AE #AE37B4

tetradic

#B4AE37 #37B46F #373DB4 #B4377B

square

#B4AE37 #37B46F #373DB4 #B4377B

split-complementary

#B4AE37 #377BB4 #6F37B4

monochromatic

#56531A #858129 #B4AE37 #CDC85B #DBD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B4AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE37

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE37	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)

#BDA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec575',
    500: '#b4ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae37;
$custom-light: #cec575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE37

secondary

#8185C6

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE37

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

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