#B4AF36#B4AF36

#B4AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF36
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 70%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -12.56, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 60.75, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0404 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.138 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.8195, 40.6308, 9.4977)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF36 #363BB4

analogous

#B47036 #B4AF36 #7AB436

triadic

#B4AF36 #36B4AF #AF36B4

tetradic

#B4AF36 #36B470 #363BB4 #B4367A

square

#B4AF36 #36B470 #363BB4 #B4367A

split-complementary

#B4AF36 #367AB4 #7036B4

monochromatic

#56531A #858128 #B4AF36 #CDC95A #DCD889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B4AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF36

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF36	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec675',
    500: '#b4af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af36;
$custom-light: #cec675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.4063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF36

secondary

#8083C6

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF36

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

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