#B4AE39#B4AE39

#B4AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.135 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE39
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 68.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -11.89, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 59.22, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0382 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.135 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6983, 40.2720, 9.8156)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE39 #393FB4

analogous

#B47139 #B4AE39 #7DB439

triadic

#B4AE39 #39B4AE #AE39B4

tetradic

#B4AE39 #39B471 #393FB4 #B4397D

square

#B4AE39 #39B471 #393FB4 #B4397D

split-complementary

#B4AE39 #397DB4 #7139B4

monochromatic

#57541C #86812A #B4AE39 #CCC75E #DBD78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#B4AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE39

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.135 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec576',
    500: '#b4ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae39;
$custom-light: #cec576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73439,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE39

secondary

#8387C5

accent

#53DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE39

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

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