#B4AE48#B4AE48

#B4AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.124 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B4AE48
RGBrgb(180, 174, 72)
HSLhsl(57, 43%, 49%)
HSVhsv(57, 60%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.3%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.78, -10.94, 51.79)
CIE-LCHlch(69.78, 52.93, 101.93°)
OKLaboklab(73.58% -0.0339 0.119)
OKLCHoklch(73.58% 0.124 105.9)
XYZxyz(35.1293, 40.4444, 12.0857)
Luminance0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B4AE48 #484EB4
analogous
#B47848 #B4AE48 #84B448
triadic
#B4AE48 #48B4AE #AE48B4
tetradic
#B4AE48 #48B478 #484EB4 #B44884
square
#B4AE48 #48B478 #484EB4 #B44884
split-complementary
#B4AE48 #4884B4 #7848B4
monochromatic
#5D5925 #888437 #B4AE48 #C7C272 #D8D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#B4AE48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09
#B4AE48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE48
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B4AE48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B4AE481.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA83D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAD4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0A398
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b4ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.124 105.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc57f',
    500: '#b4ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b4ae48;
$custom-light: #cdc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b4ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73575,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B4AE48
secondary
#9396C5
accent
#5CD355
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8EE
border
#D2D1C9
text
#14120A
muted
#82817C

Preview Lab

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#B4AE48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva