#B4AE3A#B4AE3A

#B4AE3A 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 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE3A
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 67.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -11.83, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 58.83, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.038 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.135 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7235, 40.2821, 9.9483)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE3A #3A40B4

analogous

#B4713A #B4AE3A #7DB43A

triadic

#B4AE3A #3AB4AE #AE3AB4

tetradic

#B4AE3A #3AB471 #3A40B4 #B43A7D

square

#B4AE3A #3AB471 #3A40B4 #B43A7D

split-complementary

#B4AE3A #3A7DB4 #713AB4

monochromatic

#57551C #86812B #B4AE3A #CCC660 #DBD78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B4AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE3A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE3A	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.135 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec577',
    500: '#b4ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae3a;
$custom-light: #cec577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73447,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE3A

secondary

#8588C5

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE3A

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

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