#B4AE3D#B4AE3D

#B4AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE3D
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 66.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -11.66, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 57.63, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0371 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.132 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8020, 40.3135, 10.3620)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE3D #3D43B4

analogous

#B4733D #B4AE3D #7EB43D

triadic

#B4AE3D #3DB4AE #AE3DB4

tetradic

#B4AE3D #3DB473 #3D43B4 #B43D7E

square

#B4AE3D #3DB473 #3D43B4 #B43D7E

split-complementary

#B4AE3D #3D7EB4 #733DB4

monochromatic

#59561E #86822E #B4AE3D #CAC564 #DAD692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B4AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE3D

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE3D	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)

#BCA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec579',
    500: '#b4ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae3d;
$custom-light: #cec579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73472,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE3D

secondary

#888BC5

accent

#56D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE3D

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

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