#B4AE3E#B4AE3E

#B4AE3E 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	#B4AE3E
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 65.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -11.60, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 57.22, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0369 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.132 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8292, 40.3244, 10.5052)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE3E #3E44B4

analogous

#B4733E #B4AE3E #7FB43E

triadic

#B4AE3E #3EB4AE #AE3EB4

tetradic

#B4AE3E #3EB473 #3E44B4 #B43E7F

square

#B4AE3E #3EB473 #3E44B4 #B43E7F

split-complementary

#B4AE3E #3E7FB4 #733EB4

monochromatic

#59561F #86822E #B4AE3E #CAC565 #DAD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B4AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B4AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE3E

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE3E	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)

#BCA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc579',
    500: '#b4ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae3e;
$custom-light: #cdc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE3E

secondary

#898CC5

accent

#56D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE3E

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

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