#B4AE38#B4AE38

#B4AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE38
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -11.94, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 59.61, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0385 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6736, 40.2621, 9.6855)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE38 #383EB4

analogous

#B47038 #B4AE38 #7CB438

triadic

#B4AE38 #38B4AE #AE38B4

tetradic

#B4AE38 #38B470 #383EB4 #B4387C

square

#B4AE38 #38B470 #383EB4 #B4387C

split-complementary

#B4AE38 #387CB4 #7038B4

monochromatic

#57541B #858129 #B4AE38 #CDC75D #DBD78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B4AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE38

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE38	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)

#BDA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec576',
    500: '#b4ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae38;
$custom-light: #cec576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE38

secondary

#8286C5

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE38

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

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