#B4AE41#B4AE41

#B4AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.129 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE41
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -11.41, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 55.97, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.036 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.129 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9138, 40.3582, 10.9508)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE41 #4147B4

analogous

#B47541 #B4AE41 #80B441

triadic

#B4AE41 #41B4AE #AE41B4

tetradic

#B4AE41 #41B475 #4147B4 #B44180

square

#B4AE41 #41B475 #4147B4 #B44180

split-complementary

#B4AE41 #4180B4 #7541B4

monochromatic

#5A5721 #878331 #B4AE41 #C9C469 #D9D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B4AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B4AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE41

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE41	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.129 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc57b',
    500: '#b4ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae41;
$custom-light: #cdc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE41

secondary

#8C8FC5

accent

#58D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE41

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

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