#B4AF37#B4AF37

#B4AF37 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	#B4AF37
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -12.51, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 60.37, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0402 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.138 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.8433, 40.6403, 9.6226)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF37 #373CB4

analogous

#B47037 #B4AF37 #7AB437

triadic

#B4AF37 #37B4AF #AF37B4

tetradic

#B4AF37 #37B470 #373CB4 #B4377A

square

#B4AF37 #37B470 #373CB4 #B4377A

split-complementary

#B4AF37 #377AB4 #7037B4

monochromatic

#56541A #858129 #B4AF37 #CDC85B #DBD88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4AF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B4AF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF37

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF37	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)

#BEA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec675',
    500: '#b4af37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af37;
$custom-light: #cec675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73642,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.40639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF37

secondary

#8184C6

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF37

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

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