#B4AF33#B4AF33

#B4AF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.140 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF33
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -12.72, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 61.86, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0412 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.14 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7512, 40.6035, 9.1380)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF33 #3338B4

analogous

#B46E33 #B4AF33 #79B433

triadic

#B4AF33 #33B4AF #AF33B4

tetradic

#B4AF33 #33B46E #3338B4 #B43379

square

#B4AF33 #33B46E #3338B4 #B43379

split-complementary

#B4AF33 #3379B4 #6E33B4

monochromatic

#555218 #848125 #B4AF33 #CFCA55 #DCD985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4AF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#B4AF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF33

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF33	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.140 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec673',
    500: '#b4af33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af33;
$custom-light: #cec673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF33

secondary

#7D80C6

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF33

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

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