#B4AE3C#B4AE3C

#B4AE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE3C
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 66.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -11.72, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 58.03, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0374 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.133 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7753, 40.3028, 10.2215)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE3C #3C42B4

analogous

#B4723C #B4AE3C #7EB43C

triadic

#B4AE3C #3CB4AE #AE3CB4

tetradic

#B4AE3C #3CB472 #3C42B4 #B43C7E

square

#B4AE3C #3CB472 #3C42B4 #B43C7E

split-complementary

#B4AE3C #3C7EB4 #723CB4

monochromatic

#58551D #86822D #B4AE3C #CBC662 #DAD690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B4AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE3C

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE3C	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)

#BCA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec578',
    500: '#b4ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae3c;
$custom-light: #cec578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE3C

secondary

#878AC5

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE3C

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

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