#B4AE4D#B4AE4D

#B4AE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AE4D
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 57.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -10.57, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 50.67, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0323 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.119 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2991, 40.5123, 12.9800)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AE4D #4D53B4

analogous

#B47A4D #B4AE4D #86B44D

triadic

#B4AE4D #4DB4AE #AE4DB4

tetradic

#B4AE4D #4DB47A #4D53B4 #B44D86

square

#B4AE4D #4DB47A #4D53B4 #B44D86

split-complementary

#B4AE4D #4D86B4 #7A4DB4

monochromatic

#5F5C28 #8A853A #B4AE4D #C6C278 #D8D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B4AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B4AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AE4D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AE4D	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc582',
    500: '#b4ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ae4d;
$custom-light: #cdc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AE4D

secondary

#979AC5

accent

#5ED157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AE4D

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

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