#B4AF38#B4AF38

#B4AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AF38
RGB	rgb(180, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -12.46, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 59.99, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0399 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.137 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8675, 40.6499, 9.7502)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AF38 #383DB4

analogous

#B47138 #B4AF38 #7BB438

triadic

#B4AF38 #38B4AF #AF38B4

tetradic

#B4AF38 #38B471 #383DB4 #B4387B

square

#B4AF38 #38B471 #383DB4 #B4387B

split-complementary

#B4AF38 #387BB4 #7138B4

monochromatic

#57541B #858229 #B4AF38 #CDC85D #DBD88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B4AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B4AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AF38

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AF38	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)

#BEA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec676',
    500: '#b4af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4af38;
$custom-light: #cec676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73649,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AF38

secondary

#8285C5

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AF38

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

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