#B4AE4A#B4AE4A

#B4AE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.122 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE4A
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -10.79, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 52.04, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0332 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.122 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1956, 40.4709, 12.4349)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE4A #4A50B4

analogous

#B4794A #B4AE4A #85B44A

triadic

#B4AE4A #4AB4AE #AE4AB4

tetradic

#B4AE4A #4AB479 #4A50B4 #B44A85

square

#B4AE4A #4AB479 #4A50B4 #B44A85

split-complementary

#B4AE4A #4A85B4 #794AB4

monochromatic

#5D5A26 #898438 #B4AE4A #C6C275 #D8D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B4AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B4AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE4A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE4A	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.122 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc580',
    500: '#b4ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae4a;
$custom-light: #cdc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73596,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE4A

secondary

#9598C5

accent

#5DD256

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE4A

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

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