#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
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -10.94, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 52.93, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0339 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.124 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1293, 40.4444, 12.0857)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B4AE48	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B4AE48

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

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