#B4AE44#B4AE44

#B4AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE44
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -11.22, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 54.69, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0351 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.127 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0030, 40.3939, 11.4207)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE44 #444AB4

analogous

#B47644 #B4AE44 #82B444

triadic

#B4AE44 #44B4AE #AE44B4

tetradic

#B4AE44 #44B476 #444AB4 #B44482

square

#B4AE44 #44B476 #444AB4 #B44482

split-complementary

#B4AE44 #4482B4 #7644B4

monochromatic

#5B5822 #888333 #B4AE44 #C8C36D #D9D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B4AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B4AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE44

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE44	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc57d',
    500: '#b4ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae44;
$custom-light: #cdc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE44

secondary

#8F92C5

accent

#5AD553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE44

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

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